Langston Hughes and Manuel Rivero receiving honorary degrees in the 1940s
Joseph Newton Hill, dean of Lincoln University awarding American poet Langston Hughes and athlete Manuel Rivero with honorary degrees during a graduation ceremony with Carl Sandburg seated far right on stage in 1943. (Lincoln University via Getty Images)

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