Former Harvard head said she was called 'N-word,' got death threats

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay said she received emailed death threats and was called the "N-word" countless times prior to resigning after her congressional testimony on antisemitism and plagiarism allegations.

Gay made the comments in a New York Times opinion piece on Wednesday, a day after she yielded to pressure from Harvard's Jewish community and members of Congress to step down over the Dec. 5 congressional hearing and allegations about her academic work.