Activists at Harvard College are demanding that the university rename an undergraduate dormitory named in part for the dominant figure of the early years of Massachusetts because he and his namesake descendant owned slaves.
Winthrop House, formed in 1931, houses about 400 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It's one of 12 in Harvard's so-called "house system." Each "house" has one dining hall, where most of the students eat. Houses also compete in intramural sports and put on plays, speeches, dinners, and other cultural activities.
An 11-year-old boy recently read aloud at a school board meeting in Maine a passage from a book he found on display at a local public library depicting two boys engaging in sexual activity.
The student, Knox Zajak, spoke during public comment at a meeting of the Windham-Raynham School District Board of Directors on Wednesday, February 15.
