14 African American Game Changers That Started as Rhodes Scholars

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Susan Rice

Rice isn’t a household name, but she should be. Today, she serves as President Obama’s close adviser and the first African-American woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The early stages of her prestigious career consists of receiving a Rhodes Scholarship in the late 80s, and went on to earn a master’s and doctorate in philosophy from Oxford.

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