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Sat, 09.21.2002

The First Black Woman Leads Community College Trustees

Brenda Knight

*On this date in 2002, the first Black woman to chair the Association of Community Colleges Trustees was elected.

Brenda Knight led the organization, representing more than 1,200 colleges, 6,500 trustees, and 11 million students in America. Knight, a California native, served her term and is currently the community and government relations coordinator for the Oakland Unified School District.

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Black is what the prisons are, The stagnant vortex of the hours Swept into totality, Creeping in the perjured heart, Bitter in the vulgar rhyme, Bitter on the walls; Black is where the devils... THE AFRICAN AFFAIR by Bruce M. Wright.
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