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"The Last Negroes at Harvard" Chronicles the Class of 1963

Kent Garrett
Jon Kalish for WBGO News

A new book titled The Last Negroes At Harvard chronicles the lives of 18 African-Americans who were part of Harvard University’s Class of 1963.

Kent Garrett, the book’s co-author, was one of them. WBGO's Jon Kalish caught up with Garrett and one of his classmates from Harvard.

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