'A legacy worth preserving': Sumter native Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke 1st Black woman with Duke University building named for her

BY KAREEM WILSON
kareem@theitem.com
Posted 9/28/21

As soon as she stepped through the campus doors, Kenya Oliver was amazed by the many people inside the Reuben-Cooke Building exhibit.

She shuffled through the hustling and bustling crowd, making her way to the front of the line. From there, she …

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