Best 1897 African-American display newspaper 1st NEGR0 GRADUATES VASSAR COLLEGE for Sale

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Best 1897 African-American display newspaper 1st NEGR0 GRADUATES VASSAR COLLEGE:
$450.00

Best 1897 African-American display newspaper 1st NEGR0 GRADUATES VASSAR COLLEGE

Best 1897 African-American display newspaper Anita Hemming 1st NEGR0 GRADUATES from VASSAR COLLEGE- inv # 9M-418

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALAfrican-American published NEWSPAPER,the Indianapolis Freeman dated Sept 4, 1897. The Indianapolis Freeman newspaper is the earliest illustrated nationally distributed African-American newspaper ever published. Its news, ads and editorial content ishighly focused on topics of interest to NEGR0 AMERICANSand itsmasthead contains the slogan: \"A National Illustrated Colored Newspaper\".

This issue contains a prominent front page full width banner headline: \"HOW MISS ANITA HEMMING GRADUATED FROM VASSAR COLLEGE\". This also contains 1 10\" x 9\" portrait of ANITA HEMMINGS as well as a long detailed report of her as the first NEGR0 to graduate from VASSAR COLLEGE. This also contains news, sports, ads, editorials and coverage of interest to African-Americans that the \"main stream\" media (read \"White media\") failed to cover in this era of JIM CROW racial segregation.

This is the VERY BEST display newspaper I have ever seen with contemporary coverage (in an African-American newspaper, no less) of ANITA HEMMING, the first NEGR0 to graduate from VASSSAR COLLEGE

This issue \"begs\" to be framed and displayed prominently at VASSAR COLLEGE !!!!

Anita Florence Hemmings (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was known as the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College. As she was of both African and European ancestry, she passed as white for socioeconomic benefits. After graduation, Hemmings became a librarian at the Boston Public Library. Anita Hemmings was born June 8, 1872, in Boston. Her parents were Dora Logan (maiden; 1856–1941) and Robert Williamson Hemmings, Sr. (1843–1908). Anita was raised as an Episcopalian.
Hemmings attended preparation school at Girls\' High School in Boston and Northfield, where she had been roommates with Elizabeth Baker (maiden; 1868–1943), who, on September 23, 1896, married William Henry Lewis (1868–1949).

Fulfilling a childhood dream, Hemmings attended Vassar, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897. Based on her appearance and visible European ancestry, she was apparently assumed to be white. About the time she graduated, a Boston newspaper reported that Fred J. Hemmings, an African American, had graduated from MIT, and he had a sister at Vassar. Her story came out.

Later, rumors circulated that she should have been valedictorian, but they were false. Some said that Hemmings was the most attractive woman in her class. Classmates believed that she may have had \'Indian blood\', as she was darker skinned than some girls and had straight black hair. She sang soprano in the glee club and was the featured soloist at the local churches in Poughkeepsie.

In 1997, Vassar African-American studies students petitioned college president Frances D. Fergusson to recognize Hemmings at that year\'s centennial celebration. Writing about it in Vassar Quarterly, Olivia Mancini, a local journalist, said this recognition \"brought [Hemmings’] graduation and presence to a level of honor that it should have had a hundred years ago.\" Vassar has acknowledged Anita Hemmings as the first African American to graduate the college, and noted that for almost all of her college career, she was thought to be white.

In November 2017, it was announced that Zendaya will produce and star in a biopic of Hemmings\' life titled A White Lie, based on the 2016 novel The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe. This explores Hemmings\' life in a fictional way. Reese Witherspoon will also produce the project and Monica Beletsky will write the script. TriStar Pictures will distribute the film.

Anita married Andrew Jackson Love (1861–1948), on October 20, 1903, at Trinity Church in Boston. Their marriage license indicates their race as African American.

In 1890, Love earned a medical degree from the Meharry Medical Department of Central Tennessee College in Nashville, a historically black college distinguished for having the first medical school in the South for African Americans. In the summer of 1905, he did post-graduate studies at Harvard Medical School.

Like some other black Americans of mixed ancestry, both Hemmings and her husband passed as white as adults for socioeconomic benefit. They did not inform their children of their biracial ancestry.

Fair condition. Some chipping of the paper at edges. This listing includes thecomplete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers paypriority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect the purchased itemfrom damage in the mail. Uponrequest by the buyer, we can ship by USPS Media Mail to reduce postage cost; however, please be aware that USPS Media Mailcanbe very slow in its time of transit to the buyer.International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

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Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 50+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.

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