(1936-10-19) October 19, 1936 (age 87) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Education
Fisk University Oberlin College (BA) Northwestern University (MA, PhD)
Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born October 19, 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.[1] Cole served as the national chair and 7th president for the National Council of Negro Women from 2018 to 2022.[2]
^Trescott, Jacqueline (February 10, 2009). "Johnnetta Cole Named New Director of the National Museum of African Art". The Washington Post; accessed October 5, 2011.
^"Johnnetta B. Cole". www.amacad.org. Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born October 19, 1936) is an American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president. Cole was the first female...
the University of Maryland, where she met Bill Cosby. In June 1987, JohnnettaCole of Howard University in Washington, D.C., presented Camille with a Doctor...
and an advisory board mass resignation over Smithsonian leadership. JohnnettaCole, an anthropologist and former president of Spelman and Bennett College...
Moore, gospel singer Bebe Winans, poet Nikky Finney, anthropologist JohnnettaCole, former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, IAAM President Dr. Tonya...
under Sister President Emerita Johnnetta B. Cole, who was inaugurated in July 2002. In her first year at Bennett, Cole erased the school's $3.8 million...
Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. McGlone, Peggy (October 27, 2016). "At 80, JohnnettaCole reflects on her career and the controversial Cosby exhibition". The...
by the ABA Legacy scholar committee, or by colleagues. Named after Johnnetta B. Cole, who along with many other achievements, was the first female African-American...
Makonnen, Prince Beedemariam Makonnen, Princess Mary Asfaw Wossen, JohnnettaCole, Sharon Pratt, and Brandon Todd. The wedding festivities lasted five...
"New York Chapter Of 100 Black Men Honors Janet Jackson, Hank Aaron, JohnnettaCole, Willie Gary", Jet, vol. 106, no. 23, p. 28, December 6, 2004, ISSN 0021-5996...
"Black Anthropology" (Sept/Oct 1980 and Nov/Dec 1980), guest-edited by JohnnettaCole and Sheila S. Walker on behalf of the Association of Black Anthropologists...
organizer. Leslie Cagan, socialist peace activist and radio executive JohnnettaCole, college president and museum executive Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian...
Atlanta. During her time at Spelman, she studied under Pearl Cleage. JohnnettaCole, the first black female president of Spelman, also served as a role...
Johnetta may refer to: JohnnettaCole (born 1936), American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president Johnetta Elzie (born 1989)...
more likely to perceive black men as hostile and sexist. Academics Johnnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall, for instance, have expressed concern over...
social action chairman of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority; Visual Artist JohnnettaCole Unknown First Black female president of Spelman College (1987–199);...
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by her parents, Latanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, and James Staton, among others. In July 2015, Cosby was the curator...
friendship with then president JohnnettaCole, she was offered the job and turned it down before eventually being convinced by Cole to accept the position and...
their family history and her efforts to preserve American Beach. Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole became the first woman to serve as president of two major universities...
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