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blackhistoryday: Anita Hemmings was the first black, male or female, to graduate from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Since she was very light-skinned, not many realized that she was black and her declaration of racial identity upon graduation created a sensation in the press and aused ‘dismay” for the college administration. Source:Black Firsts:Groundbreaking Events in African American History Via Every Month Should be Black History Month

blackhistoryday:

Anita Hemmings was the first black, male or female, to graduate from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Since she was very light-skinned, not many realized that she was black and her declaration of racial identity upon graduation created a sensation in the press and aused ‘dismay” for the college administration.

Source:Black Firsts:Groundbreaking Events in African American History


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