African American students began to matriculate at Columbia in significant numbers by the 1920s, but they remain all but invisible in the university's archival records. This site highlights several early black students that continued on to illustrious careers despite the discrimination they faced as students.

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zora neale hurston

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columbia university: columbia university & slavery-post-1965: students, frederick w. wells, george edmund haynes, african americans and reconstruction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional