WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - WECT is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped local black history for the entire month. Wilmington native Robert Robinson Taylor became the first African ...

Wilmington native Robert Robinson Taylor became the first African American to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to teach and design several buildings at the Tuskegee ...

Robert Robinson Taylor was the first black architect at MIT and designed iconic buildings at Tuskegee University shaping educational spaces that empowered black students. Thanks to Breana King ...