<h2><center><span style="color:#886F45";>1975 - First Black Female Graduate, Sharon A. Coles</span></center></h2>

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<p>In 1975, Ms. Coles becomes the first Black woman to graduate from William & Mary Law School.</p>

<p><em>Photograph of Ms. Coles from the 1975 </em>Colonial Echo.</p>

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