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After digging through innumerable manuscripts, podcasts and blogs, I learned that Black folks were very much involved in the construction and operation of our most prestigious colleges from the very beginning. Although most college bylaws, and state constitutions prohibited African Americans from formally attending our oldest institutions as pupils, they played integral roles in other ways.
Among them were construction and engineering technicians, brick masons, coppersmiths, stevedores, cooks/chefs, laborers and security personnel.
Here are a few ivy league, and other colleges that were benefactors of the sweat equity of Black people:
1. College of William and Mary, The Sir Christopher Wren Building