Carrie Shepperson

Carrie Lena Fambro Still Shepperson, African-American teacher and education advocate in Little Rock (Pulaski County) and mother of composer William Grant Still Jr.; circa 1910.

African-American woman in a high-collared dress

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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