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1823Alexander Twilight graduates from Middlebury College, the first African American citizen to earn a baccalaureate degree at a college in the United States. Feature ImageA circa 1974 photograph of a mid-19th century daguerreotype showing Alexander Twilight. Old Stone House Museum and Historic Village, possibly Gregor Hileman, and Middlebury News Service via Middlebury College Special Collections Curated Resources“Alexander Lucius Twilight,” Old Stone Museum and Historic Village “Alexander Twilight,” Middlebury History Online Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College, page 113, 1917 The Iron-willed Black Schoolmaster and His Granite Academy, circa 1974 |
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