Tourists enjoy a socially-distant afternoon in the Yard.
When she lived on campus, Julia Welsh â23 spent most of her time focusing on classes and hanging out with friends.
Once the coronavirus upended her collegiate life, Welsh, who has lived at home in Philadelphia this past year, took on a slew of responsibilities outside of her coursework, including supporting her family financially, buying groceries, and completing household chores.
Overwhelmed, Welsh said she was forced to prioritize her obligations to her family over her academics, prompting her to drop one of her fall courses.
âI remember being really disappointed in myself,â Welsh said. âIf I was on campus, Iâd probably be able to focus more and I would have more time to not deal with family responsibilities and to focus on this class that I ended up dropping.â
A Middlesex Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed Connecticut resident Tamara K. Lanierâs lawsuit against Harvard alleging that the University unlawfully possesses and profits from historic photos she says depict her enslaved ancestors.
Lanier plans to appeal the decision, she and one of her attorneys told The Crimson Wednesday.
Lanierâs suit, which she filed against the University in March 2019, centers on the daguerreotypes of two enslaved people named Renty and Delia, which scholars believe to be some of the oldest images of slaves. According to Lanier, they depict her great-great-great-grandfather Renty and his daughter Delia.
Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz commissioned the photos in the 19th century as part of a racist study to prove the biological superiority of white people. Lanier requested in the suit that Harvard turn the daguerreotypes over to her, relinquish any profit made through using, reproducing, or licensing the images, and pay her punitive damages
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“If this goes forward, it will be historic,” Lanier said.
On Wednesday morning, Lanier will be given the opportunity to speak remotely before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on H.R. 40: Exploring the Path to Reparative Justice in America, a bill which recommends the U.S. government create a commission to study slavery and its wider impact, and then has that commission make policy recommendations. The bill has been proposed yearly since 1989.
Lanier believes the bill stands the best chance at passing this time around because of who is in power, and recent mainstreaming of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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