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Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922) was a pioneering African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. He broke ground as Harvard College's first Black graduate in 1870.
11 de may. de 2024 · Richard Theodore Greener (born January 30, 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 15, 1922, Chicago, Illinois) was an attorney, educator, and diplomat who was the first African American graduate of Harvard University.
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Harvard’s first Black graduate, Richard T. Greener, went on to become the first Black professor at the University of South Carolina and dean of the Howard University School of Law. Born in Philadelphia in 1844, Richard T. Greener moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his parents at age nine.
14 de mar. de 2012 · (CNN) – The story of Richard Theodore Greener is a book with many blank pages. The first African-American to graduate from Harvard University in 1870, he was one of the foremost black...
18 de ene. de 2007 · The son of a sailor, Richard Theodore Greener, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania became the first African American to graduate from Harvard College. He later was assigned to serve the United States in diplomatic posts in India and Russia.
17 de sept. de 2020 · By Thomas W. Franck. The Proud Portrait of Richard T. Greener. Greener’s rosy recollection of Harvard reflects a series of contradictions that characterized his life, both during and after...
Greener opened a private law practice in Washington, DC, and famously defended Johnson Chesnut Whitaker, a Black West Point cadet who in 1881 was found beaten and tied to his bed in the barracks; he was subsequently accused of inflicting the injuries on himself and was dismissed from the corps.
