[1] "It was at Beaver, said Smith, that she changed from a 'nice Negro girl' into a black woman." Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 April 1993.
Father: Deaver
Mother: Anna (schoolteacher)
Sister: Rosalind Allen
University: Beaver College, PA (1971)
Teacher: Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Professor: Stanford University
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