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Then & Now - Talesha Dokes reflects on Myrtle Craig Mowbray's legacy

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February 10, 2020

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