Elizabeth Keckley is hosting a fundraiser for the Freedmen’s Bureau by selling copies of a book about her time in the White House. Mary Simms is there and is encouraged to apply to Howard University, a new college for Black Americans. Secretary Stanton speaks favorably of the Freedmen’s Bu...
and they called me. They said, “You’re one of the first Hispanic male or females to have ever gotten your graduate engineering degree from Stanford. And unfortunately you’re still one of the few.” So they said, “So how did all this happen? Were your parents college professors?”...