r/youshouldknow Discussion

TIL Anita Florence Hemmings passed as white to attend Vassar College. Days before graduation, it was discovered she was Black after an investigation prompted by her roommate’s family. Vassar debated denying her degree but ultimately let her graduate in 1897. https://www.vassar.edu/vq/issues/2002/01/features/passing-as-white.html https://redd.it/1ve9jox @r_youshouldknow