{"product_id":"the-last-negroes-at-harvard-the-class-of-1963-and-the-18-young-men-who-changed-harvard-forever","title":"The Last Negroes At Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever","description":"The untold story of the Harvard class of ’63, whose Black students fought to create their own identities on the cusp between integration and affirmative action.\nIn the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited an unprecedented eighteen “Negro” boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, would begin to reconnect with his classmates and explore their vastly different backgrounds, lives, and what their time at Harvard meant.\n\nGarrett and his partner Jeanne Ellsworth recount how these eighteen youths broke new ground, with ramifications that extended far past the iconic Yard. By the time they were seniors, they would have demonstrated against national injustice and grappled with the racism of academia, had dinner with Malcolm X and fought alongside their African national classmates for the right to form a Black students’ organization.\n\nPart memoir, part group portrait, and part narrative history of the intersection between the civil rights movement and higher education, this is the remarkable story of brilliant, singular boys whose identities were changed at and by Harvard, and who, in turn, changed Harvard.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1328879976\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1328879976.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Garrett, Kent|Ellsworth, Jeanne\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42902060367933,"sku":"BVV.1328879976.G","price":7.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1328879976-0.jpg?v=1767819024","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-last-negroes-at-harvard-the-class-of-1963-and-the-18-young-men-who-changed-harvard-forever","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}