File:Alexander Lucius Twilight (daguerrotype).jpg

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English: Photographic portrait of Alexander Lucius Twilight (1795–1857), American educator, politician, and minister. Twilight was the first African-American to earn a college degree from an American university (Middlebury College, 1823), as well as the first African-American elected to serve in a state legislature. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1836. Twilight was also a minister and secondary school principal, building Athenian Hall at the Orleans County Grammar Schools.
Date before 1857
date QS:P,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Collection of the Orleans County Grammar Schools
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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2006-12-07 22:17 216×250× (77744 bytes) GearedBull Photographic portrait of Alexander Twilight (1795–1857)

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current05:31, 26 August 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:31, 26 August 2020690 × 822 (249 KB)Opencooper (talk | contribs)Erase frame
05:31, 26 August 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:31, 26 August 2020690 × 822 (689 KB)Opencooper (talk | contribs)higher res from https://oldstonehousemuseum.org/twilight-bio/
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