Anyways I was highly elated, when one of 'mine' was given the prestigious honour of being the first black female president of Harvard Law Review. Remember Obama was the first black man to hold that position! I am so proud of Imelme Umana. Thank you for making us proud!! Indeed not every woman is fooling around, some are breaking barriers!!
In 1990, Barack Obama, 28 at the time, made history
as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Almost three decades
later, ImeIme Umana, a Pennsylvania native of Nigerian descent, has become the
first black woman elected president of the 130-year old law journal.
A 2014 Harvard College graduate, Umana studied
government and African-American studies and also served as president of the
student advisory committee at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. She is now a
joint degree candidate with Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School
of Government. Umana called her election by the publication’s editorial board a
“great privilege.”
As Harvard Law Review president, Umana will lead a
team of more than 90 student editors. Published every month from November to
June, the student-run journal has grown to become the most circulated law
journal in the world.
Outgoing president Michael L. Zuckerman told Vibe
that Umana’s election is “historic” and helps the push for inclusion in legal
institutions. “For a field in which women and people of colour have for too
much of our past been marginalized or underrepresented, her election is an
important and encouraging step toward a richer and more inclusive legal
conversation,” Zuckerman says.
Last year, the Harvard Law Review elected its most
diverse class of editors since its founding in 1887 by Louis Brandeis, who went
on to become a US Supreme Court justice.
https://qz.com/902327/imeime-umana-has-been-elected-the-first-black-female-president-of-harvard-law-review/
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