In 1960 Ruby Bridges was escorted to school in New Orleans by Deputy United States Marshals. The moment was immortalized by Norman Rockwell.

This is a photo of Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by Deputy United States Marshals.

Here it is sixty-five years later. United States Marshals are no longer needed for school escort duties, in the South. Harvard, on the other hand could use some Marshals.

I can’t recall the last time I saw vertical banners. I’m not sure that player’s jerseys in sports arenas count. I can’t think of a venue, outside of Harvard, that goes in for that particular bunting. Oops! I was wrong. I found a picture of another organization that was partial to red banners hung in a vertical manner. Here it is!

Harvard has a long history of antisemitism. Below is a quote from an article written by Stephen Norwood, Professor of History and Judaic Studies, University of Oklahoma.

The Harvard University administration during the 1930s, led by President James Conant, ignored numerous opportunities to take a principled stand against the Hitler regime and the antisemitic outrages it perpetrated, and contributed to Nazi Germany’s efforts to improve its image in the West.  The administration’s lack of concern about Nazi antisemitism was shared by many influential Harvard alumni and students.  A faculty panel that supervised a mock trial of Hitler in 1934 ruled that Hitler’s anti-Jewish actions were “irrelevant” to the debate.  Nazi leaders were warmly welcomed to the Harvard campus and invited to prestigious social events, as the Harvard administration strove to build friendly relations with thoroughly Nazified universities in Germany.  By doing so, Harvard’s administration and many of its student leaders offered important encouragement to the Hitler regime as it intensified its persecution of the Jews and strengthened its armed forces.

Harvard’s Nazi Ties
by Stephen H. Norwood
Professor of History and Judaic Studies, University of Oklahoma