Diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James A. Parsons Jr. by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, American, founded 1824, American James A. Parsons Jr., American Palmer C. Ricketts — VisualArtsDB
Diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.
James A. Parsons Jr. was the second African American to receive a degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since its founding in 1824. Garnet Douglass Baltimore was first, earning his degree in 1881, 41 years before Parsons.