#  Hutchins Center Gallery Exhibit 

 



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#### “The Extraordinary Commission: Student Activism and the Birth of Afro-American Studies at Harvard.”

#### Exhibition dates: February 28, 2020 - June 30, 2020

*Neil L. and Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery, Hutchins Center*  
*104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 3R (virtual until further notice)*  
[https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/extraordinary-commission](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.us11.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D354ccf084d337fd9b4b4ebe29-26id-3D4754aebdf1-26e-3D3e93c7c5ba&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=M_9TWMSQwkIP0JATLCEP_nH6yrUi36OTp-k7AEkPxOY&m=ret0L1RrskP2D_0WsSbS1iVPKBdUdzf21B0akQGNmYs&s=nJYA9PV2FDGH81nmXeuvNtvEULcBJfjWBKu9haA2oqk&e=)

Opening Reception on Friday, February 28, 2020 from 6:00pm.

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Photo by Leonard McCombe  
The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  
African American Harvard students holding placards during a protest against the Vietnam War and in support of a Black Studies curriculum at Harvard University.  
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1969