Naomi Pollard Dobson: First Black Woman at Northwestern

Naomi Pollard Dobson was the first Black woman to graduate from Northwestern University. She is remembered as a pioneering Black librarian. Her story was rediscovered in 2021 by a Syracuse University professor.

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