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+ | ====== Hood, William Lane (1903) ====== | ||
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+ | A native of Alabama, William Lane Hood entered Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1899, making him, in all probability the second [[a: | ||
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+ | After graduating from the normal (education) school at Talladega College in 1899, Hood entered MAC. The //Index// for 1903 identifies him, probably intending humor, as "The whitest man of his race" and notes that since he began at MAC, he had "not had a sound night' | ||
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+ | Like a number of of other early African American graduates of MAC, Hood embarked on a career in higher education after leaving Amherst. | ||
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+ | Although the agent for the Class of 1902 reported no response to inquiries in 1949, he listed Hood's last known address as Mayfield, Ga. | ||
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+ | ===== References ===== | ||
+ | * //Index// for 1903 | ||
+ | * //Catalog of the Officers and Students of Talladega College… for the Scholastic Year 1904-5// (Atlanta, 1905) | ||
+ | * //Catalog of the Officers and Students of Talladega College… for the Scholastic Year 1909-10// (Kokomo, Ind., 1910) | ||
+ | * //Catalog of Graduate and Former Students of the Massachusetts Agricultural College// (Amherst, Mass., 1916) | ||
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