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Harry Sythe Cummings (May 19, 1866 – September 7, 1917) was a lawyer, fraternal leader, and the first African American Councilman of Baltimore City. Born to Henry and Eliza Cummings in 1866, he was the second eldest of eight children. Due to the lack of educational opportunities in Baltimore, Cummings attended Lincoln University where he received his bachelor's degree . He later attended University of Maryland School of Law where he became one the first African Americans to graduate from the program in 1889. During his notable career, Harry Cummings founded the 1st Manuel Training School for Colored Youth in Baltimore City which at the time was named Colored Polytechnic Institute. His political vocation, was not limited to Baltimore. In 1904, Cummings delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention endorsing the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.