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Meet the Black Architect Who Designed Duke University 37 Years Before He Could Have Attended It

by Rachel B. Doyle

In 1902, when Julian F. Abele graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture, he was the school's first-ever black graduate.

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Meet the Black Architect Who Designed Duke University 37 Years Before He Could Have Attended It

by Rachel B. Doyle