Retired Harvard librarian Sylvia McDowell stands by the gravestone for John Jay Smith at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Boston, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. Smith's marker was rediscovered as part of a project to research well-known African Americans who have been overlooked or forgotten at the cemetery. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Retired Harvard librarian Sylvia McDowell stands by the gravestone for John Jay Smith at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Boston, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. Smith's marker was rediscovered as part of a project to research well-known African Americans who have been overlooked or forgotten at the cemetery.

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  6. Retired Harvard librarian Sylvia McDowell stands by the gravestone for John Jay Smith at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Boston, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. Smith's marker was rediscovered as part of a project to research well-known African Americans who have been overlooked or forgotten at the cemetery.
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  8. This undated picture provided by Harvard University via the Knoxville News Sentinel shows James Agee in Cambridge, Mass. when he was a student at Harvard. Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 is the 100th anniversary of his birth.
  9. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (L) presents the sixth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award to Rebecca Onie, co-founder of Project Health, at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  10. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (L) applauds U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and Rebecca Onie (C), co-founder of Project Health, after presenting them with the sixth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  11. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg looks on during a ceremony to present the sixth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award to U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and Rebecca Onie, co-founder of Project Health, at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  12. U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA) speaks after being honored with a John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  13. Rebecca Onie, co-founder of Project Health, speaks after being honored with a John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  14. U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA) speaks after being honored with a John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  15. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg speaks at the presentation of the sixth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 23, 2009. The awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
  16. Michael Semple, Research Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University speaks to members of the press at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 21, 2009.

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