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Wisconsin State Journal | A Arnold
After attending a predominantly white high school, Frances Huntley-Cooper decided to attend the historically Black university North Carolina A&T State to study social work. In 1973, she moved to Madison to pursue her master’s in social work at UW-Madison. Above: Huntley-Cooper, the first African American mayor in Wisconsin, points out her photo on the wall from when she served as mayor from 1991 to 1993, at City Hall in Fitchburg