John Wesley Gilbert, Class of 1888, was the first African American to receive an advanced degree from Brown. He received his Master of Arts in 1891 with a thesis on “The Demes of Attica.” He went on to teach Greek and English at the Paine Institute in Georgia.
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John Wesley Gilbert, Class of 1888, was the first African American to receive an advanced degree from Brown. He received his Master of Arts in 1891 with a thesis on “The Demes of Attica.” He went on to teach Greek and English at the Paine Institute in Georgia.
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