Remember the names DJ Roman and Keith Harris. The two Black high schoolers from Atlanta recently made history by leading their team to an undefeated record for second year in a row at Harvard University’s prestigious international debate tournament, reported Black Enterprise.

During the week-long tournament, the Atlanta Great Debaters competed with up to 400 students. Both seniors, Roman attends North Atlanta High School and Harris attends Westlake High School. Before joining their current team, the Atlanta Great Debaters, neither had debate experience, according to BlackNews.com.

Despite this, they prepared rigorously with their teams for 10 months and defeated competitors from 15 other countries. The team of 21 students – who are mostly Black – worked with Harvard’s assistant debate coach Brandon P. Fleming who founded the Harvard Diversity Project.

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“Never before in the history of the Harvard debate residency has any team gone undefeated, however our Keith and DJ achieved an unprecedented undefeated record,” Fleming said.

Fleming founded the Project after noting the lack of black representation at Harvard’s summer residency. All five of last year’s seniors received scholarships and Fleming told Because Of Them We Can they have already accepted their third cohort.

Roman called it a win for the ancestors.

“This is the moment we’ve worked so hard for … Our accomplishment is far bigger than us. We are showing the world what black youths are capable of achieving when given equal access, exposure, and opportunities. This win is for our ancestors, our city, and most of all our culture,” Roman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.