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University of Kentucky
PhD Candidate, Department of History
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Eugenia "Jean" Murrell Capers, a native of Georgetown, Kentucky, was the first African American assistant police prosecutor in Cleveland, Ohio, and first African American city council person of any major U. S. city.
University of Kentucky
PhD Candidate, Department of History