When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’— Harvard Gazette

When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’— Harvard Gazette

Arts & Culture When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’ Cuban educators photographed in front of Memorial Hall.Courtesy of Harvard University Archives January 5, 2026 5 min read 125 years ago, a Harvard exhibition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class In the summer of 1900, the rhythms of campus were transformed as more than 1,200 Cuban educators arrived for a six-week summer school. “Everywhere there were scores o…