None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstarps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, and Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.
In 1990
- Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years as South African political prisoner
In 2016
- Dr. Paula Johnson, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, is named as the 14th President of Wellesley College, becoming the first African American to hold the position
In 1996
- Penn's Baccalaureate Speaker was the Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris, a Philadelphian who was the first woman ever to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion.
In 1976
- Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army
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