Trailblazing academician Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis believed that education was a tool that positioned one “to give back.” Surrounded by her family Thursday morning at 5:30, Dr. Mariam DeCosta-Willis died peacefully at her East Memphis home. She was 86. University professor and author, Dr. DeCosta-Willis was born Nov. 1, 1934, in Florence, Alabama to educators Beautine […]
