Edward Bouchet
...that in 1876, Edward Bouchet became the first black American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university?
...that in <a href="./1876" id="mwBTk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1876">1876</a>, <b id="mwBTo"><a href="./Edward_Bouchet" id="mwBTs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edward Bouchet">Edward Bouchet</a></b> became the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Black_American" id="mwBTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Black American">black American</a> to earn a <a href="./Doctor_of_Philosophy" id="mwBT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> from an <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Universities_in_the_United_States" id="mwBT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Universities in the United States">American university</a>?