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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

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Carol Lani Guinier (1950-2022) appointed as the first woman of color to a tenured professorship as the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and served as educator, legal scholar and civil rights theorist. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. By far, there are several more prominent Black scholars.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Carol Lani Guinier (1950-2022) appointed as the first woman of color to a tenured professorship as the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and served as educator, legal scholar and civil rights theorist. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. By far, there are several more prominent Black scholars.

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