Johnetta B. Cole Quotes


Sisters all, let us not underestimate our power.


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Johnetta B. Cole, President, Spellman College, Conversations: Straight Talk With America's Sister President, 1992

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Johnetta B. Cole
Johnetta B. Cole
  • Born: October 19, 1936
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Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born 1936) is an American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president. Cole was the first female African-American president of Spelman College, a historically black college, serving from 1987 to 1997. She was president of Bennett College from 2002 to 2007. During 2009–2017 she was Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art.