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Black graduates from Harvard and Yale thrown out of nightclub
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Black graduates from Harvard and Yale thrown out of nightclub
A group of black graduates and students from Harvard and Yale universities had a party at a nightclub in Boston shut down because the owners said it invited attracting the "wrong crowd".

By Jon Swaine, New York 9:05PM GMT 03 Dec 2010

Alumni from Harvard and Yale, many of whom held doctorates, were turned away despite holding tickets for the event, which was held after the annual American Football match between the two colleges last month.

The incident, which prompted a black student leader to express dismay about "what this event says about race relations in our country", is now being investigated by the Massachusetts Attorney General.

Triumph, the student group behind the event, said that at 10.30pm managers from The Cure Lounge claimed to recognise local gang members among the queue, and began demanding to see university identification.

The organisers said that returning alumni no longer had university credentials, but stressed that a strict guest list was in place to ensure only those who had pre-purchased tickets could attend.



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