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Carrie Burton Overton, UW’s First African American Female Student

Posted on January 18, 2021 by ahcadmin

Author, Wyoming historian, and sixth generation Laramie native Kim Viner wrote a wonderful article in WyoHistory.org about Carrie Burton Overton, the University of Wyoming’s first African American female student. In this post I’d like to spotlight information that Kim discovered. … Continue reading →

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