Thanks to all the voters. The correct answer is 1920ish.

I appreciate your cynicism.

A thread on first black students at colleges... https://twitter.com/akilbello/status/1307780263523610625

The oldest colleges in the us started in 1600s. Most publics opened in the 1800s. On average the first black person wasn’t allowed on campus until about 1900.

I’ve started a spreadsheet.

A few tidbits that might make this project of mine a little tough...

The first black student enrolled often didn’t graduate.

Many universities admitted black graduate students (who had gone to HBCUs) before they admitted undergrads.

Admitting 1 doesn’t change exclusion

Princeton University didn’t graduate their first black student until after they celebrated their 200th anniversary

Emory didn’t graduate their first black student until 1967 https://emorywheel.com/emory-colleges-first-black-student-paves-way-for-future-students/

Also Emory’s application fee was only $5 for the med school.

What’s really scare is that there are colleges that did not admit black people while I was alive and there is a good chance some of those colleges consider #legacy in admission.

As I get my legacy data updated I’ll add more to this thread.