Gay, who last year became the first Black president in Harvard's nearly 400-year history, had retained the support of the powerful Harvard Corporation after her widely-criticized congressional testimony.
Throughout the ordeal, she received a torrent of death threats, racist notes, and phone calls which only intensified as December progressed, according to The Times.
Gay, who had only recently moved into the Harvard president's official residence, would pick up the phone only to be met with racial slurs, per the report.
AdvertisementThe Times also reported that Gay's residence was being watched 24 hours a day.
In her statement, Gay also called out not only critics of her prior work but also the personal racist attacks that had been lobbed at her.
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