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Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Adventures of Bemily, by Emily Yi, Courier Comic Artist
©2010 Emily Yi/Courier Comics
It's a School Life by Satpreet Kaur, Courier Comic Artist
©2010 Satpreet Kaur/Courier Comics
Are You Frickin' Serious? by Arthel Cargill, Courier Comic Artist
©2010 Arthel Cargill/Courier Comics
©2010 Arthel Cargill/Courier Comics
©2010 Arthel Cargill/Courier Comics

From wikipedia:
Alexander Lucius Twilight (September 26, 1795 – June 19, 1857), born free in Vermont, was the first black person known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university upon graduating Middlebury College in 1823. An educator, minister and politician, he was licensed as a Congregational preacher, and worked in ministry and education all his career. In 1829 Twilight became principal of the Orleans County Grammar School. There he designed and built Athenian Hall, the first granite public building in the state. In 1836 he was the first African American elected to public office as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont General Assembly.

Read more about Alexander Twilight, and read one of his sermons, free from the Old Stone House Museum.