Grace Goodhue Coolidge

Historical marker location:

312 Maple Street, Burlington, Vermont

( Marker is on Maple Street, 0.1 miles west of South Willard Street (U.S. 7), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1997

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.