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Alexander Lucius Twilight
Was the first African American to graduate from a college here in the United States. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont. -
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a college in Ohio that is founded, it was open to blacks and women and now has a long history of dedication to African American education. -
George Vashon
George was the first black student to graduate from Oberlin College. Later became one of the founding professors at the Howard University. -
Harvard Medical Schools
Harvard accepts its first black black students. One of the people who was accepted was Martin Delany. But Harvard later rescinds the invitations to attend due to pressure from white students. -
Rebecca Lee
Rebecca Lee, the first black female medical student, graduated from the New England Female Medical Clinic -
Patrick Francis Healy
Patrick Francis Healy is the the first American black to get his doctorate. He got it from Louvain University. -
John Henry Conyers
He is the first black student to enter the U.S. Naval Academy. -
Edward Bouchet
He was the first black to graduate summa cum laude from Yale college. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Court case that finally ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional -
Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth becomes president of Brown University, this made it so she was the first African American to begin to lead a Ivy League institution. -
Rodney Bennett
He was selected as president of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. Rodney Bennett was the first African American president of any of the five mostly white universities in Mississippi.