Edward Bouchet: The First African-American Doctorate by Ronald E. Mickens

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Edward A Bouchet was the first African-American to receive the doctorate in any field of knowledge in the United States and that area was physics. He was granted the degree in 1876 from Yale University making him at that time one of the few persons to hold the physics doctorate from an American university. Bouchet played a significant role in the education of African-Americans during the last quarter of the 19th century through his teaching and mentoring activities at the Institute for show more Colored Youth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one among a small number of African-Americans who achiev show less