14 African American Game Changers That Started as Rhodes Scholars

Alain Locke was the first African-American to win a Rhodes Scholarship in 1907, igniting a legacy of excellence that African-American students would proudly carry on over the next century.  In fact, over the past four decades, Black Americans have won a Rhodes Scholarship almost each year. Here are a few of our nations most gifted writers, educators, future doctors and change-makers that have earned the title of Rhodes Scholar:

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