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July 31, 1874

On this date: Father Patrick Francis Healey ~ (first Black man to recieve a PhD) named President of Georgetown University (Category : People)
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Comment posted by braithwaite on Sunday, July 29, 2007 10:46 AM
any one know how many blacks have received PhDs in the US since him?

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