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Richard T. Greener was the first Black graduate of Harvard College in 1870. Greener went on to be a professor, lawyer, dean of Howard University law school, diplomat, and a celebrated intellectual of the Reconstruction era. Christian K. Anderson takes us through Greener's remarkable career in academia and international politics.

Links to references in the episode:

• Christian Anderson. 2022. The forgotten impact of Harvard’s first Black graduate. Washington Post.
• Christian Anderson. 2020. What should replace Confederate statues? The Conversation.
• Katherine Reynolds Chaddock. 2017. Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College. Johns Hopkins University Press. 
• Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry. 2021. Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press. 
• Eric Foner. 2014. Reconstruction, Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877. Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
• W. E. B. DuBois. Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880. 
• Javier Cercas. 2007. The Speed of Light: A Novel. Bloomsbury. 
• Chip Kidd. 2008. The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters. Harper Perennial.
• Chip Kidd. 2009. The Learners. Harper Perennial.
• The Milgram Experiment
• Richard T. Greener website 
• Christian Anderson’s website: christiankanderson.com
• Christian Anderson on Bluesky: @profgamecock

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