Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History |
Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History
The Middlebury Campus
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
2014-03-19
Conor Grant, Managing Editor
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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