Dean of Women at Fisk University, Juliette Derricotte, was also a political activist and educator. Derricotte was involved in an automobile accident while working at Fisk University. She was refused medical treatment because of her race and later died from her injuries. Derricotte was the born to Isaac and Laura Derricotte, a cobbler and a seamstress. […]
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