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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Alison Poussaint '22

Staff Writer

Number of Articles: 2

First Article: August 26, 2020

Latest Article: September 2, 2020

Anti-Racism Lecture Series Looks to History to "Dent the Wall of Injustice"

By Alison Poussaint '22

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September 2, 2020

The Office of the Provost officially launched its inaugural lecture series and seminar, titled “The History of Anti-Racism in America,” on Aug. 26 with a lecture from Mary Frances Berry, a historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The series aims to educate interested members of the college community on the world of Black scholars and historians who have investigated such anti-Black racism in their work. The lecture series features four distinguished Black scholars, each of who

Following Student Outline, College Announces Anti-Racism Plan

By Alison Poussaint '22

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August 26, 2020

Amid a national reckoning with anti-Black racism and the aftermath of multiple racist incidents on campus — and robust student plans to address them [https://amherststudent.com/article/reclaimamherst-and-the-promise-for-change] — President Biddy Martin announced that the college will adopt a sweeping anti-racism plan in an email to the community on Aug. 3. The extensive proposal, a product of recent student activism surrounding anti-Black racism,  highlighted seventeen changes, ranging from impl

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