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Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., director of Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, who was at Yale with Hudlin’s brother, said he knew the VES concentrator as “Warrington’s kid brother who was doing...
An enclave of posh summer retreats in the 19th century, the neighborhood hosted luminaries like Langston Hughes and W.E.B. Du Bois during its renaissance in the 1920s and '30s. Billie Holiday performed at the Apollo, and Fidel Castro stayed at the Hotel Theresa. In later decades, Harlem withered as soaring...
John F. Kennedy ’40, Henry A. Kissinger ’50, and W.E.B. Du Bois, Class of 1890, are among Harvard’s most notable graduates. All started their collegiate careers at another school before transfering to the University.
Du Bois, the prominent civil rights leader who helped found the NAACP, initially received a degree from Fisk University in 1888. After graduating from Fisk, Du Bois received a scholarship from Harvard and earned his second bachelor’s degree from the College.
Even disregarding last week’s announcement, Du Bois would not be admitted to the College today, because under current admissions policies, students cannot transfer to Harvard College after receiving a degree elsewhere.