This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1990
Barack Obama named president of Harvard Law Review. Also, Bob Marley is born.
Before he was the first African-American elected as president of the United States, then-Harvard student Barack Obama was named the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review on this day in 1990. The role is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School. He was only 28 years old at the time.
Obama told the New York Times in 1990, ''The fact that I've been elected shows a lot of progress. It's encouraging. But it's important that stories like mine aren't used to say that everything is O.K. for Blacks."
He continued, "You have to remember that for every one of me, there are hundreds or thousands of Black students with at least equal talent who don't get a chance."
Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Monday, February 6th 2023 at 10:19AM
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