Video: Howard is Women's History (Eva Beatrice Dykes)

LaShandra N. Gary
Mar 3, 2022 1 minute

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In recognition of Women's History Month, doctoral candidate Jessica Whitaker reflects on the Bison who influenced her the most, Dr. Eva Beatrice Dykes (BA 1914), the first African American woman to complete the requirements for a PhD (and third to be awarded the degree).