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Coralie Franklin Cook
1861–1942
United States
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Coralie Franklin Cook (March 1861 – August 25, 1942) was an African-American educator, public speaker, and government official. She is also the first known descendant among those enslaved at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate to graduate from college.
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