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.
Alain Locke, the first African American to win a Rhodes scholarship, became a philosophy professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Without his backing, many black artists of the 1920s and 1930s might never have achieved the degree of success they did.