Fannie Barrier Williams, African American educator

Fannie Barrier Williams, African American educator, and womens rights advocate, c. 1885. Photo by Paul Tralles. At the age of 15, she was the first African American to graduate from the Brockport State Normal School in 1870 in New York State. In 1896 Williams was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women, and assisted W.E.B. DuBois in forming the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 (BSLOC_2017_20_147)

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