For the first time in its 145th year in existence, the student newspaper of Harvard University named its first Black women as president. Kristine Guillaume oversaw The Harvard Crimson, which bills itself as the oldest running daily college newspaper in the country.
Guillaume, who studied African-American Studies along with History and Literature, led the 146th Guard of the Harvard Crimson in 2018. The Queens, New York native was one of three chairpersons that sit on the Crimson’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, which made it a point to select editors and staff of varying backgrounds.
In a statement after being named president of the Crimson, Guillaume noted that Harvard University’s past as an institution of learning primarily made for White men is no longer its legacy, and that her presence at the Crimson and the university itself signals the changes that will continue to come. (READ MORE)
