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10 Black Americans Named Rhodes Scholars, Tied For The Most Ever In a Single Class | Black Enterprise

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10 Black Americans Named Rhodes Scholars, Tied For The Most Ever In a Single Class | Black Enterprise

 

— Derek Major, Black Enterprise

Ten Black Americans were among the 32 men and women selected as U.S. Rhodes Scholars and will conduct post-graduate studies at Oxford University.

The 10 Black Americans chosen for the honor ties the 2017 record for the most Black Americans selected. Elliot F. Gerson, the American secretary of the Rhodes Trust, said this is one of the most diverse groups ever.

 

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