Young Barack Obama Profiled in a NYT Article 25 Years Ago Feb 6th

[Triana]

First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review
By FOX BUTTERFIELD, Special to The New York Times
Published: February 6, 1990

BOSTON, Feb. 5— The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School.

The new president of the Review is Barack Obama, a 28-year-old graduate of Columbia University who spent four years heading a community development program for poor blacks on Chicago's South Side before enrolling in law school. His late father, Barack Obama, was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, is an American anthropologist now doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii.

''The fact that I've been elected shows a lot of progress,'' Mr. Obama said today in an interview. ''It's encouraging.

''But it's important that stories like mine aren't used to say that everything is O.K. for blacks. 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,'' he said, alluding to poverty or growing up in a drug environment.

LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html

[leveymg]

1. "Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii."

For those who still deny that, this conspiracy goes way, way back.

[Triana]

6. Don't ya love it?

I can't believe people are that stupid. But - they ARE Republicans.

[treestar]

2. lol just sent link to wingnut of the school of

Nobody remembers Obama from college or law school, so he must not have gone where he said he did.

[Cha]

3. Yes, I saw that at the time.. mahalo for bringing, Triana~

[sheshe2]

4. Oh yes he did.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

5. A fascinating look into the character and history of a man who would become a two term president...

Thank you for posting this, Triana!

[calimary]

7. Remarkable!

First Black President - Harvard Law Review, in its 104-year history. 2/5/1990

First Black President - United States of America, in its 233-year history, 1/20/2009

Pretty doggone impressive.

[Triana]

10. DAMN impressive! n/t

[lovemydog]

8. Thanks. Those last two paragraphs

he's already saying this doesn't indicate a post-racial USA. I find that really fascinating. The same is true today, imho.

He's a very good person. Highly regarded by his colleagues at Columbia and Harvard.

[SunSeeker]

9. +1

[herding cats]

11. I'd never seen this before, thank you for sharing it here!

It's interesting to see who he was 25 years ago.