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Tag: Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis
News Roundup
First Black Faculty Member at Memphis State University Dead at 86
Memphis trailblazer and veteran educator Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis has died, reports WMC 5 news. She was 86. DeCosta made history by becoming the first Black faculty member at Memphis State University in 1966 — the same school that had denied her admission nine years prior. DeCosta-Willis spent 40 years in education and taught at LeMoyne […]
January 8, 2021
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