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Black History Facts 2019: Alexander Lucius Twilight: The First African American to Graduate from a U.S. College
Alexander Lucius Twilight-Preacher, Minister, Educator (1795–1857)
At an early age, Alexander Twilight went to work on a nearby farm, where he learned some of basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. At the age of 20, in 1815, he began his formal education at the Orange County Grammar School (also known as the Randolph Academy) in Randolph, Vermont. In 1821, Twilight enrolled at Middlebury College, located roughly 30 miles east of Randolph.Two years later, he made history when he became the first African American to graduate from a U.S. college, earning a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury (1823).