In 1874, Edward Bouchet became the first African American to graduate from Yale College. Or so the university's histories tell us—and we've reported it...
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<span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL, and Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | February 28 2014 08:00pm | <span class="comments_link"><a class="comments_link" href="/blog_posts/1719-yale-college-s-first-black-grad-it-s-not-who-you-think?page=1#comments"><img src="/assets/design/ico_comments-6095ba73fed85da0e489aa3a72173d56.png" alt="Ico comments" /> 1 comment</a></span>