List of Black Harvard junior fellows

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This list of junior fellows at the Harvard Society of Fellows includes notable recipients of the fellowship who are Black. As of 2019, there had been fewer than 20 Black fellows out of over 700 total junior fellows since the Society's founding in 1933. [1]

The symbol * following a name indicates that that person is deceased.

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