Peter Bent Brigham / Brigham Academy

Historical marker location:

Bakersfield, Vermont

( Marker is on Main St (Vermont Route 108), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2020

1807 - 1877.

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.