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Vanessa Williams became the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1983 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux at the UNCF 65th Anniversary Gala

POSTED: March 10, 2009, 10:01 am

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President of Bennett College at the 65th Anniversary UNCF Dinner.

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