Head Of The Class: Famous Valedictorians And Salutatorians
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Brande Victorian
W.E.B. Du Bois
It should come as no shock that educator, historian, writer, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois excelled academically. In 1884, he graduated as valedictorian from his high school in Massachusetts, and went on to earn a bachelor of arts from Fisk University. From there, Du Bois entered Harvard as a junior in 1888 and earned a bachelor of arts cumlaude, of course, in 1890. He was one of six commencement speakers during graduation.
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