Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole (born October 19, 1936) is an American academic. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cole was the first African American female president of Spelman College from 1987- 1997. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta Georgia. She was president of Bennett College from 2002-2007. This article is about the historically black women's college in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Background
Cole is a descendent of Florida's first black millionaire Abraham Lincoln Lewis. Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865 &ndash 1947 was an American businessman Cole enrolled in Fisk University at age 15, but transferred to Oberlin College, where she completed a B. Fisk University is a historically-black university in Nashville, Tennessee, U Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio. A. in sociology in 1957. She attended graduate school at Northwestern University, earning her masters (1959) and Ph. D. (1967) in anthropology. Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Cole received honorary degrees from Bates College in 1989, and Mills College in 1999. Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston Maine, in the United States. Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers
Teaching
Cole taught briefly at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964) and directed the black studies program at Washington State University at Pullman (1969-70) before teaching in the department of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1970-83), where she also served as provost of undergraduate education from 1981 to 1983. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in While at UMass, she played a pivotal role in the development of the university's African-American studies program. In 1983, she joined the faculty of Hunter College, where she directed the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program. Hunter College High School|Hunter College Elementary School Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York Cole also taught in the Anthropology department of Emory University where she is now Presidential Distinguished Professor Emerita. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County,
Service
Cole is currently the chair of the The Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute founded at Bennett College for Women.
As of 2006, Cole is the immediate past chair of the Board of Trustees of United Way of America and serves on the board of directors of the United Way of Greater Greensboro. United Way of America, based in Alexandria Virginia, is a Non-profit organization that works with nearly 1300 local United Way offices throughout the country in She is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Quotes
- "I pose that question to myself, why, in the 107 years of the history of this historically Black college for women, there has not been an African-American woman president. " [1]
- "This is a nation whose spoken and written vision is chillingly beautiful. " [2]
- "The more we pull together toward a new day, the less it matters what pushed us apart in the past. " [3]
References
- ^ Johnetta B. Cole, Ph.D.. Academy of Achievement (2005-2-4). Retrieved on 2007-11-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
- ^ Keys to Success - The American Dream. Academy of Achievement. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
- ^ State of the City Address, Mayor Shirley Franklin. City of Atlanta Online (2004-1-5). Retrieved on 2007-11-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal
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