LEGACY OF SLAVERY

Our mission is to tell the truth about our legacies of slavery and work to mend enduring harms through purposeful change grounded in Harvard's educational mission and the Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery's recommendations... The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative is a University-wide presidential initiative anchored in years of research, led by Sara Bleich, vice provost for special projects, with strategic guidance from the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Advisory Council. We believe that if we transform Harvard into an institution that takes full accountability for its involvement in and benefit from slavery through actively advancing reparative efforts as an integral part of University culture, then we will have meaningful impact on direct descendants and descendant communities.