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.
Richard T. Greener was the first black to enter the College and to complete the undergraduate curriculum with an A.B. in 1870 (winning the chief prizes in writing and speaking along the way). He was not, however, the first black to be admitted, a distinction belonging to Beverly Garnett Williams, in 1847.