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Nellie Craig Walker (1881-1969) was a school teacher and business owner, and was the first African-American student to graduate from Miami University. [1] Walker was born Nellie Craig in Oxford, Ohio in 1881, the daughter of Jessie Craig and Susan Ross Craig, and the youngest of four children. [1] [2] She attended the Ohio State Normal School ...

A weekend extravaganza, UTrailblazers: Celebrating Our First Black Graduates, is scheduled for February 24 and 25 on UM's Coral Gables campus, and will include such activities as an alumni/student forum, spoken word recitals, remarks by Long and Miami attorney George Knox, music and dance performances, special recognition of alumni, faculty, and administrators, and more.

Nellie Craig at Miami. Nellie Craig was a trailblazer who broke new ground both at Miami University and in her community. Now, Miami's first Black graduate has a building named in her honor on the university's Oxford campus. Miami's Board of Trustees approved renaming the Campus Avenue Building after Craig, who graduated from Miami in 1905.