Then & Now - Kimberly Carr reflects on Mabel Jewell Lucas' legacy

February 13, 2020

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Mabel Jewell Lucas was one of the first African American women to earn a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from MAC in 1927. Kimberly Carr reflects in that legacy and her work in the MSU Center for Regional Food System as a food sovereignty and racial equity post-doctoral research associate.

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