Robert Frost

Historical marker location:

Ripton, Vermont

( Marker is on Vermont Route 125 just west of Frost Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1964

1874 - 1963.

Vermont was home to the first African American college graduate: In 1823, Alexander Twilight became the first African American college graduate in the United States. He earned his degree from Middlebury College in Vermont.