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    Ruth J. Simmons

    Ruth J. Simmons is the former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M University, Texas’s oldest HBCU, and the former vice provost of Princeton. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Dillard University and her master’s and doctorate from Harvard in Romance languages and literatures. The president of France named her chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and President Biden named her to the White House HBCU Advisory Board. In 2024, she was honored with the National Humanities Medal. She lives in Texas.
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    Ruth J. Simmons
    9780593446027
    $19.00 US
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    Jan 07, 2025
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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