A few weeks ago I completed Katherine Reynolds Chaddock’s Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College (Johns Hopkins, 2017). Long-time S-USIH readers will recognize Greener’s name, as it appeared here earlier this year in a post from Robert Greene. He previewed Chaddock’s book, focusing on Greener’s work and period in South Carolina. Robert also noted a post of mine from 2014 on the discovery of Greener-related artifacts and papers in Chicago. In an interesting twist of fate, and what may be a first for the blog, my 2014 post about Greener partially inspired Chaddock to pursue her Read more