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Background Image: African Headress by Hale Woodruff, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E. Thomas Williams, Jr. (Design School Visiting Committee 1984-89) in honor of their daughters, Brooke Higgins Bing Williams, Harvard College 1988, and Eden Branford Bing Williams, Harvard College 1991, M24033 Photo by Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College