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Reconstruction Brought Harvard Its First Black Student: Why Was He Forgotten?
The Washington Post has a feature on Harvard’s first Black student written by University of South Carolina historian Christian K. Anderson. Here are substantial excerpts:…
University of South Carolina Honored Its First Black Professor (1873) With a Statue
​Richard T. Greener holds two academic “firsts.” He was the first African American to graduate from Harvard (1870) and he was the first black professor…
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