William Montague Cobb
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1906 –
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Who is William Montague Cobb?
Dr. William Montague Cobb was a pioneering 20th-century physical anthropologist. As the first African American to earn a Ph.D in anthropology, and the only one until after the Korean War, his main focus in the anthropological discipline was studying the concept of race and the negative impact it has on communities of color.
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- Born
- 1906
Washington, D.C. - Ethnicity
- African American
- Education
- Amherst College
- Howard University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Dunbar High School
- Died
- Nov 26, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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