杜克大学著名的黑人校友

In 2017, DU professor Katherine Crowe ushered in this idea of remembering DU’s omitted Black alumnae by constructing a comprehensive study of the famous Black women who attended the university starting at 1900 和 ending around 1945. 通过研究年鉴, 档案, 以及历史悠久的丹佛黑人报纸, 《正规赌博十大平台排行》,克罗和她的同事们试图追踪这些女性和她们的故事. The project eventually culminated in the 2018 Anderson Academic Commons exhibition entitled, “寻求优雅.克劳与杜里大学的Sistah Network合作举办了这次展览, a group of DU Black women graduate students working to support African American females at the university. 

*Please note that this page will grow 和 evolve as we continue to locate the 档案 of our past Black alumni 和 alumnae. 

The title of the exhibit serves as a nod to the first black woman to receive a four-year bachelor’s degree from DU, 格蕾丝·梅布尔·安德鲁斯. 1908年毕业, Andrews made history 和 blazed a path for black women 和 men to seek out a college education at the predominately white DU. Andrews majored in Latin with minors in French 和 economics 和 eventually went on to teach in Tulsa 和 Kansas City.《正规赌博十大平台排行》记录了她在丹佛历史性的毕业典礼， 写作, “梅布尔·安德鲁斯小姐获得了B级学位.A. 周三晚上从正规赌博十大平台排行毕业. 她是我市第一个获得这个学位的有色人种女孩. We are very proud of Miss Andrews 和 feel that the honor conferred upon her reflects credit upon all of our people in Denver.”

“寻求优雅” also outlined the lives of countless other Black women to make history at DU. Though the exhibit is not on display anymore, the report from Crowe can still be found 在线. 

自1945年以来，许多其他开创性的黑人校友在正规赌博十大平台排行创造了历史. 康多莉扎·赖斯, 杜克大学学士和博士学位获得者, 2005年至2009年，她在乔治·W·布什(George W . bush)总统任内担任第66任国务卿. 布什. Rice transcended United States history as the first ever black female Secretary of State 和 second African American secretary ever since Colin Powell. 

在杜克大学期间, Rice initially enrolled as a music major until her passion for international studies sparked when she took a class from Josef 戈倍尔, 正规赌博十大平台排行国际研究学院就是以他的名字命名的. 戈倍尔, 马德琳·奥尔布赖特的父亲，她是美国唯一的女国务卿, 赖斯的前任——是赖斯在杜克大学期间的主要灵感来源. 

康多莉扎·赖斯19岁就从杜肯塔基大学毕业了. Photo courtesy of Humphrey Fellows at Cronkite School of Journalism 和 Mass Communication.

在政府中也是如此, 杜克大学毕业生乔治·莱斯利·布朗是一名塔斯基吉飞行员, editor for the Denver Post 和 was one of the first black members of the Colorado House of Representatives. 在布朗辉煌而漫长的职业生涯中, the politician 和 writer helped further the cause of African Americans in Colorado. 

在塔斯基吉空军服役后, Brown pursued journalism 和 moved to Denver upon receiving a job at The Denver Post. Brown reshaped the journalism industry by becoming the first Black editor at a major Colorado newspaper, 他最终在杜里大学教书并做研究生工作. 

然而，布朗无疑是科罗拉多州在政治上最具影响力的人物. In 1956, 他被选为科罗拉多州参议员, 使他成为第一个担任这个职位的黑人公民. 随后，他连续五次当选州参议员. 继续从政, Brown also became Colorado’s first black lieutenant governor in 1974 of the 20th century.  

从1974年到1978年，DU还主持了传奇喜剧演员辛巴达，原名大卫·阿特金斯. 虽然他在丹佛的时候并没有把幽默作为职业来追求, Sinbad played for the DU basketball team 和 then served in the Air Force after graduating. 在军队里表演了即兴喜剧之后, 辛巴达一跃进入娱乐圈, eventually accruing widespread fame through TV shows “A Different World” 和 “The Sinbad Show.” He also starred in popular movies like “Necessary Roughness,” “Jingle All the Way” 和 “Houseguest.” 

虽然杜克大学以曲棍球而闻名, famous Broncos football players Reggie 河流 和 Floyd Douglas Little also received higher education at the university. 河流, 从野马队的跑卫变成广播员和演说家, 获正规赌博十大平台排行学全球研究硕士学位. Broncos halfback Little also retired from football 和 graduated from DU law school with a legal administration degree.