From the March 6, 2016, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1916, 100 Years Ago.
Fannie Patterson of Hinckley has been engaged at a good salary to teach a two-room suburban school of colored children in Cairo, Illinois. When Miss Patterson graduated from Hinckley high school a couple years or so ago she had the distinction of being the first colored graduate in the history of the institution."
Quite an accomplishment for a black woman back then.
I'll Do a Follow Up On Her. She Had Quite the NIU Connection As Well. --Cooter
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