First African-American Woman to Graduate from Vassar

An excerpt from Variety -

Zendaya to Star in, Produce Movie About First African-American Woman to Graduate From Vassar
By Dave McNary

Zendaya will produce and star in the thriller “A White Lie,” playing the first African-American woman to graduate from Vassar College, Variety has learned.

The project is based on Karin Tanabe’s book “The Gilded Years,” which told the true story of Anita Hemmings, a light-skinned, African-American woman who was the descendant of slaves and passed as white so she could attend Vassar during the 1890s. She’s pulled into her elite world where she’s treated as a wealthy, educated white woman who finds romance with a moneyed Harvard student.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/zendaya-a-white-lie-anita-hemmings-1202614131/