Newswire: Claudine Gay assumes historic role as Harvard University’s first Black President

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Newswire: Claudine Gay assumes historic role as Harvard University’s first Black President

Claudine Gay By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent  Harvard University now has its first Black president, Claudine Gay, who already has made her mark in the institution’s history. Gay also stands as only the second woman to helm the university since its founding in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During her inaugural address, Gay […]

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