Exploring Jacksonville • Jessie duPont Ball Center • East Forsyth Street (6th of 6)
"Legends" by Puerto Rican Mosaic Artist Celso González Quiñones (@(@celsoart)
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Plaque next to mosaic: Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole was born October 19, 1936 in Jacksonville, Florida. She is an anthropologist and educator who was the first female African American president of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia (1987-97). Dr. Cole matriculated at age 15 at Fisk University, then transferred to Oberlin College to study sociology (B.A., 1957) and then studied anthropology at Northwestern University (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1967). After decades of service as a renowned professor of anthropology who helped found several departments of African American studies at prestigious universities across the United States, in 1987 Dr. Cole became the seventh president of Spelman College, the oldest African American women's college in the United States. She was committed to making the school a center for scholarship for African American women. Calling herself "Sister President," she became known as a strong advocate for the liberal arts curriculum in a changin