# L6:4 Extra - Jesse Glascow, Jr.

Jesse Glascow, Jr. was the first graduate of the Institute for Colored Youth.  


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Here is what Octavius Catto said about him in 1864.


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source [L6:5 Octavius Catto Speaks](/doc/db641c71-d24c-4901-91a0-79f9882f34ce)