Groove Phi Groove SFI - New Jersey Graduate Chapter

In 1961- Robert Weaver sworn in as Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date for an African American
In 1976- Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the Army
In 1990- Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years as South African political prisoner
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 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 2017- Michael Tubbs sworn in as the first African American mayor of Stockton, CA and the youngest person to hold that office

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