The first black-American is known to have earned a bachelor’s degree

EPISODE 31

Podcast Notes

• Introduction to Alexander Twilight

• His parents

  • father, Ichabod was black or mulatto

  • His mother, Mary’s race, is not certain

• His education

  • He completed not only the secondary school courses but also the first two years of a college-level curriculum all within six years. Following his graduation from Randolph, he was accepted at Middlebury College where he graduated.

• Career

  • Twilight was a teacher, preacher

  • He was also the first Black-American elected as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont House of Representatives, and the only Black-American ever elected to a state legislature before the Civil War.

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