Tuskegee Airmen Finally Honored

From: David L. Evans [mailto:... fas.harvard.edu]

Sent: Thu 3/29/2007 4:07 PM

To: Gregg, Perry

Subject: Tuskegee Airmen Finally Honored


Perry,

Few Americans gave human form to the words pain and ambivalence like the Black GIs during World War II. They caught hell at home and abroad.

Of the many indignities heaped upon them few could match the widespread practice of permitting Nazi prisoners of war to eat in diners, ride in train cars and enjoy other amenities that Black soldiers in uniform, were denied--in the United States.

Many of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen had these experiences. It is therefore gratifying to see that President George W. Bush and the U. S. Congress have finally honored these mostly octogenarians with our nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal (see link below):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17832248/

Best regards,


David

Maryland Apologizes for Slavery

From: David L. Evans [mailto:d ... .harvard.edu]

Sent: Tue 3/27/2007 8:09 AM

To: Gregg, Perry

Subject: Maryland Apologizes for Slavery


Perry,

The following link is to an article about Maryland's formal apology for slavery and its propagative effects on the descendants of slaves.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/26/slavery.maryland.ap/index.html

Points for reflection: If we consider the 1965 Selma, Alabama crisis as the symbolic end of the slavery/Jim Crow era, then 346 of the 388 years (1619 to 2007) African Americans have lived in the United States there was slavery or de jure racial segregation.

In my judgment, an apology is less important than a thorough teaching and understanding of the history of that period of enslavement and racial segregation which covered essentially 90% of the time African Americans have been in this land.

Best regards,

David

Consider Supporting HLS Grad Obama's Home Event This Sat.

http://my.barackobama.com/march31

Perry

LA Ivy Event Purple Lounge 3/29/2007

!REMINDER!

Ivy Plus Society Alum Party

Thursday, March 29th

More than half the tickets are already gone,
so make sure you don't wait to get yours!

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March Alum Party

Thursday, March 29

7 – 10 PM

PURPLE LOUNGE @ THE STANDARD

8300 Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood, 90069

www.standardhotel.com

Advance RSVP Required

Deadline: when we hit capacity

Click here for tickets

$13/ person

For March, the Ivy Plus Party is heading to the Sunset Strip. Purple Lounge is an intimate club tucked away in a little-known part of the Standard Hotel on Sunset. The whole place is reserved just for TIPS. The DJ will start spinning at 7 (and by 10, after a few cocktails, chances are we will be too…!).

London Times calls Purple “the place to be seen,” while In Style dubs it “playground to the beautiful people.” Sounds like you will fit right in.

We’re filling the night with all the usual suspects thanks to the dazzling LA young alumni coordinators from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Princeton, Stanford, U Chicago, U Penn, & Yale. Rest up to ensure you can keep up with this crew.

RSVP Required:
Click here for tickets

This event will sell-out as always. So, don’t wait to RSVP. We will shut-down the RSVPs once we reach capacity. No tickets will be sold at the door and you MUST be on the list to attend. No walk-ins & no exceptions.

HO-HUM DETAILS:
*You must be 21 to attend & plan to drink responsibly. Designate a driver because we think you’re pretty just the way you are & would hate to see asphalt ruin that lovely complexion of yours.
*No refunds or cancellations permitted.

URL to Unauthorized Hillary Clinton Video on Front of Sunday's SF Chronicle 3/18/2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo

Perry