The traditional gummy bear is made from a mixture of sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. However, recipes vary, such as organic candy, those suitable for vegetarians, or those following religious dietary laws.
In an astonishing find, Rufus McDonald, a member of a clean-out crew preparing a house outside Chicago for demolition in 2009, discovered a steamer trunk of papers and documents collected by Richard Greener, A.B. 1870, the first black student to graduate from Harvard College.
In the same year, Howard University Law School becomes the United Statesâ first Black law school. 1870 Susan McKinney Steward graduates as class valedictorian from the New York Medical College for Women, becoming the first Black woman in the state to earn a medical degree.