Harvard Crest By Taylor Lewis · Updated October 27, 2020 After months of pushback from its student body, Harvard University officials have decided to replace the school’s shield that features ...

The crest of Harvard Law School displays three sheaves of wheat, arranged on a shield. The design is also the coat-of-arms for Isaac Royall Jr., who through his estate helped found the school ...

Harvard Law School will no longer use a seal with the crest of an 18th-century slaveholder who played a key role in the school’s history, following calls for the image’s ouster by students and ...

The Royall family's coat of arms was adopted as the seal to honor slave owner Isaac Royall Jr.'s gift to Harvard upon his death in 1781.

After months of pushback from its student body, Harvard University officials have decided to replace the school’s shield that features the crest of an 18th century slaveholder.