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Olivia J. Hooker

Olivia J. Hooker (1915-2018) graduated from the College of Education in 1937. Hooker, an educator and psychologist, was also the last surviving witness of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the first black woman to actively serve in the U.S. Coast Guard. EHE’s Olivia J. Hooker Distinguished Diversity Lecture Series celebrates diverse individuals whose work and lives advance the call to justice.