Subjects: Notable Students - UAlbany History Search Results

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John Jennings Elected First Black Student Association President

1948

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John Jennings is elected the first African-American president of the Student Council (also called the Student Association). He later had a prominent career in NYS Civil Services.

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Marcia Brown Graduates

1940 June 17

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Marcia Brown became an author and illustrator of children's literature. Brown was one of only two three-time winners of the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's highest award for excellence in children's' picture-book illustrations. Brown's winning books were Cinderella, or the...