Records of the Chairman, 1972-1980 (inclusive).

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Records of the Chairman, 1972-1980 (inclusive).

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File primarily concerned with the work of and reaction to the Committee to Develop the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, chaired by Walter J. Leonard. Included are minutes, correspondence and reports leading to publication of the committee's final report as well as correspondence concerning the controversy surrounding the objections to the final report by committee member Ewart Guinier. Also included are a small number of miscellaneous files consisting mainly of correspondence between Nancy Randolph and the Institute. Records are dated 1972-1973 and 1975-1980.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Guinier, Ewart

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Leonard, Walter J., 1929-

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W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research

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