JANUARY 17, 2007, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: CHRIS OTT Dr. George Franklin Grant was the first African American professor at Harvard. He was born in Oswego, New York to former slaves. When he was fifteen years old a local dentist, Dr. Albert Smith, hired him as an errand boy. He soon became a lab assistant, and Dr. Smith encouraged him to pursue […]

GEORGE FRANKLIN GRANT (1847-1910)