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Black Firsts

Series 1

Gloria Cumper

Duration: 8 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1920, Gloria Cumper became the first black female law graduate of Girton College, Cambridge, and was instrumental in setting up the University of the West Indies. Show less

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