Patricia Roberts Harris was an Attorney, an Ambassador and a Cabinet Member. Patricia completed her undergraduate studies summa cum laude at Howard University, an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) in Washington, D.C. After graduating with honors from Washington University's law school in 1960, she was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the District of Columbia bar. She eventually was granted tenure as a professor of law at Howard University in 1963. Patricia was later named dean of the university's School of Law in 1969, becoming the first Black woman to head a law school in the United States. This would be one of many First for her. President Lyndon Johnson appointed Patricia Ambassador to Luxembourg; the first Black woman to receive an ambassadorship. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the post of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; the first Black woman to hold a Cabinet-level position. Patricia Roberts Harris went on to become Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979.
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