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February 28, 2017

ImeIme Umana Becomes First Black Woman President of Harvard Law Review
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And for the first time in the 130-year history of the Harvard Law
Review, its president is a black woman. Twenty-four-year-old Ime Ime
Umana, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, was elected as the president
of the United States's most prestigious law review at the end of
January. It's the most powerful student position at Harvard Law School.
Among others who have occupied that position was former President Barack
Obama.


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