Senator Simmons visited with t Noah Harris, first African American elected Harvard University’s Student Body President after he was honored by the Mississippi Senate on Friday, March 19, 2021
Senator
Derrick T. Simmons visited with Hattiesburg resident Noah Harris, the
first African American to be elected Harvard University’s Student Body
President in November 2020, after
he was honored by the Mississippi Senate on Friday, March 19, 2021,
with presentation of Senate Resolution 4.
Harris
is a junior political science major at Harvard in Cambridge,
Massachusetts who hopes to use his platform and historic win on the
6,000-student campus to show African Americans
can lead if given the opportunity.
"Harvard
communities can be pretty separate at times because there are so many
great cultural organizations, but that can create separate communities.
So, we are trying to use our
cross-cultural collaboration to bring communities together. Also, what I
really want to do is to pave the way, so I'm not the last black man to
be elected Student Body President. I want to use my time in this role to
make a change and make students' lives
better and I think we're well on the track," Harris said.
Harris
is an Eagle Scout and played baseball and basketball at Oak Grove High
School in Hattiesburg. He had opportunities to play college sports other
places but chose Harvard for
academics.
Harris has deep Natchez roots too, as he spent significant time with his grandparents Don Gordon, Sr., Myrtis Gordon and Juanita Byrd Harris. Don owns Don's Barber Style Shop.
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