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Alice Carlotta Jackson Stuart: First African American to Apply to U.Va. (1935)

In 1934, Alice Carlotta Jackson Stuart received a bachelor's degree in English from Virginia Union University, where she was a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She then attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In August 1935, Stuart became the first African American on record to apply to a Virginia graduate or professional school […]

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