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February 17, 2021
Well, one the first settlers became the first known Black student at a local university.
“You can see how strong she was as a Black woman for all of the things she achieved,” says Dr. Jay Martin, director of the Museum of Cultural and Natural History at Central Michigan University.
Emma Norman-Todd was born on February 7th, 1887 in a small town called Remus.
“It’s not very common in this part of the world, that some of our earliest settlers who come into this territory are actually African American,” says Martin.
Despite the challenges for Black women in the early 1900’s, Emma wanted to be a teacher.