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"Benjamin Davis Jr. began his college education at Western Reserve University. He transferred to the University of Chicago to establish Illinois residency and secure a recommendation to West Point from the only black congressman at the time. Davis…

"Born in Berryville, Virginia, Lucy Slowe graduated from Howard University in 1908. She was the founder and president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first sorority for black women. She received her M.A. from Columbia in 1915 and in 1919 began…

"William Hastie was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Dunbar High School. He graduated from Amherst College in 1925 and taught public school in New Jersey for two years. He received his law degree from…

"Born a slave in Raleigh, North Carolina, Anna Cooper began her education at St. Augustine's Normal and Collegiate Institute. In 1881 she enrolled at Oberlin College, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees. She taught at M Street/Dunbar…

"W.E.B. DuBois was born in Barrington, Massachusetts. During his teen years he worked as a local correspondent for the New York Globe. He attended Fisk University from 1885 to 1888 and continued his higher education at Harvard University, where he…

"Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He entered Moorhouse College at age fifteen and graduated with a degree in sociology in 1948. He attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and studied concurrently at the University of…

"Born the fifteenth of seventeen children in Maysville, South Carolina, Mary Bethune became one of the most important African-American women of her time. As a child, she was educated by missionaries in South Carolina. Her dedication to education led…