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These Atlanta Teens Just Became the First Black Girl Duo to Win the Harvard International Debate Competition Published: 21 July 2021
Jayla Jackson and Emani Stanton just made history as the first Black girl duo to win Harvard s International Debate Competition against more than 100 debaters from around the world. To top it off, they won with an undefeated record. The Harvard Debate Council, one of the university s oldest organizations on campus, brings hundreds of talented students from more than 15 countries for a summer intensive that ends in a debate tournament.
Jackson and Stanton both hail from Atlanta and are members of the Harvard Diversity Project, founded by Brandon P. Fleming in 2017. The award-winning debate coach pushed Harvard to create the initiative to promote inclusivity and equity on campus. Fleming finds Black youth in Atlanta who re debate novices and trains them every weekend for a year before the Harvard summer program.