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Miriam DeCosta-Willis (November 1, 1934 – January 7, 2021) was an American educator, writer, and civil rights activist. The first African-American faculty member at Memphis State University, having previously been denied admission to the school as a graduate student due to her race, she spent her career as a professor of Romance languages and African-American studies at a variety of colleges in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Washington, D.C., area. She published more than a dozen books throughout her career, largely dealing with Afro-Latino literature and Black Memphis history. (en) |
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(en) Tarik, Elena, Erika, Monique (en) |
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Blacks in Hispanic Literature: A Collection of Critical Essays (en) Black Memphis Landmarks (en) Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writers (en) Erotique Noire / Black Erotica (en) Notable Black Memphians (en) The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells (en) |
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Miriam DeCosta-Willis (November 1, 1934 – January 7, 2021) was an American educator, writer, and civil rights activist. The first African-American faculty member at Memphis State University, having previously been denied admission to the school as a graduate student due to her race, she spent her career as a professor of Romance languages and African-American studies at a variety of colleges in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Washington, D.C., area. She published more than a dozen books throughout her career, largely dealing with Afro-Latino literature and Black Memphis history. (en) |
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