Harvard Coop to sell off remaining merchandise with law school shield

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Harvard Coop to sell off remaining merchandise with law school shield
By Steve Annear Globe Staff March 18, 2016

It’s been stripped from Harvard Law School’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, and it is being wiped clean from the university’s website.

Now, the controversial shield with ties to a slave-holding family that has represented the law school for nearly 80 years will slowly disappear from the shelves and online store of The Harvard Coop.

The Coop, located in Harvard Square, is the main retailer of Harvard textbooks and swag, including sweatshirts, mugs, hats, T-shirts, decals, and umbrellas.

Jerry Murphy, president of the Coop, which has served the Harvard community since 1882, said the store will sell off its remaining law school inventory that bears the symbol following the university’s decision this week to let the school abandon the use of the shield.