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Article: Prof. Jeffries meets full house, protestors at Northeastern U.
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- February 23, 1995
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Richard Thorpe
Bay State Banner
02-23-1995
Prof. Jeffries meets full house, protestors at Northeastern U..
Northeastern University's Blackman Auditorium was filled to near capacity last Thursday for a two-and-a-half hour lecture by Dr. Leonard Jeffries, chairman of the African American Studies Department at City College of New York.
The outspoken professor both criticized his opponents and defended people of African descent against attacks, saying to the largely-black crowd, "We will attempt to reverse all that negativity you have been subjected to."
After a 22-minute delay, Jeffries, who was invited by the Northeastern University Haitian Student Unity Club, urged students to think, read and ...