AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE HISTORY
VELMA K. WATERS
MRS. VELMA K. WATERS applied to EAST TEXAS STATE COLLEGE
3 TIMES AND WAS TURNED DOWN. ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT SHE WAS ACCEPTED AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GRADUATE FROM THE EAST TEXAS STATE COLLEGE. UPON GRADUATING SHE RECEIVED A PLAQUE FROM EAST TEXAS STATE FOR HER COURAGE IN THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY.
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