Clara Belle Williams

Clara Belle Williams
Born
Clara Belle Drisdale

October 29, 1885
DiedJuly 3, 1993(1993-07-03) (aged 107)
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationBA in English (1937)
Alma materNew Mexico College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University)
OccupationTeacher
Employer(s)Booker T. Washington School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Known forBeing the first Black-American graduate of New Mexico State University
SpouseJasper Williams (m. 1917)
ChildrenCharles, Jasper, James

Clara Belle Williams (October 29, 1885 – July 3, 1993) was the first African-American graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University), became an educator, and raised three sons who became doctors.