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Diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.
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Diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, American, founded 1824 · June 16, 1922

ink on paper on cardboard
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

James A. Parsons Jr. was the second African American to receive a degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since its founding in 1824. Garnet Douglass Baltimore was first, earning his degree in 1881, 41 years before Parsons.

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