MSU Black History - Talesha Dokes, Ph.D., reflects on Myrtle Craig Mowbray

February 7, 2020

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Talesha Dokes, Ph.D., was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate degree in fisheries and wildlife from Michigan State University. Dokes reflects on Myrtle Craig Mowbray's contributions as the first African American woman to graduate from Michigan Agricultural College in 1907.

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