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Portrait of Alexander Twilight

1795–1857

Alexander Twilight

First Black college graduate in the U.S.

Alexander Twilight graduated from Middlebury College in 1823—the first African American known to earn a U.S. bachelor's degree—and later served in the Vermont legislature.

Biography

Alexander Twilight graduated from Middlebury College in 1823—the first African American known to earn a U.S. bachelor's degree—and later served in the Vermont legislature.