Famous Students of Wayland Seminary
Students at Wayland between 1867 and 1897 included a number of individuals who became famous African American citizens of the United States. These include:
- Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
- Dr. Booker T. Washington, prominent educator and political figure
- Reverend Harvey Johnson of Baltimore – pastor and early civil rights activist
- Kate Drumgoold, author of A Slave Girl’s Story: Being an account of Kate Drumgoold (1898)
- Alfred L. Cralle, inventor of the ice cream scoop.
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