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Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president (died 2003)
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American educator and civil rights activist
Willa Beatrice Player was an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee. Player was the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year, fully accredited liberal arts college when she took the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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