Frances-Walker Slocum: An Exhibit from the African American Women Intellectuals Project

Frances-Walker Slocum: An Exhibit from the African American Women Intellectuals Project

Frances Walker-Slocum graduated from Oberlin Conservatory in 1945 with a degree in pianoforte. She went on to have a successful performance career. She returned to Oberlin Conservatory to teach in 1976 and gained tenure in 1979. She was the first tenured Black women professor in the history of Oberlin College and Conservatory.