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Robert Robinson Taylor

1868–1942

United States

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Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942) became MIT’s first Black graduate in 1892 and the nation’s first accredited African American architect. He designed many of Tuskegee Institute’s campus buildings and helped shape its technical education program.

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