Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial HistoryPosted in Articles, Biography, Campus Life, History, Media Archive, Slavery, United States on 2014-10-23 19:55Z by Steven |
Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History
The Middlebury Campus
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
2014-03-19
Conor Grant, Managing Editor
 Alexander Twilight Hall, a building named in honor of Alexander Twilight of the class of 1823, is just one part of the complicated legacy of America’s first black college graduate. (Courtesy/Middlebury) |
Alexander Twilight Hall — the austere brick building separating the town from Middlebury College — is named for Alexander Twilight, the 1823 Middlebury College graduate who is known today as the first American black college graduate.
Today, Twilight is widely touted as an example of Middlebury’s rich legacy of inclusivity and racial diversity.
But who exactly was Alexander Twilight? Was he really the first black man at Middlebury?
The answer to that question is more complicated than it might first appear…
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