The complex history of Alexander Twilight, nation s first African American to earn a bachelor s degree Marina Affo, Delaware News Journal © Courtesy of Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village. Alexander Twilight, the first person of African descent to earn a Bachelor s Degree in the United States, at Middlebury College.
Tucked away on Franklin Street at Vermont s Middlebury College sits a modest, red-bricked building bearing the name of Twilight Hall.
It pays homage to the first student of African descent who graduated from Middlebury in 1823. Alexander Twilight was also the first Black person to obtain a bachelor s degree across America – a piece of history Middlebury is proud to represent.
Alexander Twilight portrait commissioned for Statehouse
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