Tag: African American scholar
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. made history in 1998 as the first Black scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal, celebrating a legacy in African American studies and public education
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The remarkable journey of Dr. William Conan Davis, the first Black man to receive a PhD from the University of Idaho in 1965. Delve into his story of overcoming racial barriers in academia and pioneering scientific research in…
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William E.B. Du Bois, the pioneering scholar and civil rights activist. Learn about his groundbreaking academic journey, from becoming the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard in 1895.
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