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Olivia Hooker, American sailor (died 2018)

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Olivia Hooker

American psychologist, professor, and the last known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre

Olivia Juliette Hooker was an American psychologist and professor. She was a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, and the first African-American woman to enter the U.S. Coast Guard. During World War II, she became a member of the United States Coast Guard Women's…
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