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Willa Beatrice Player
Willa Beatrice Player (August 9, 1909 - August 29, 2003) was an African American educator, college administrator, college president and civil rights activist. Player was the first African American woman to become president of a four-year fully accredited liberal arts college when she took the position at Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, NC. She served as president from 1955–1966.
==Background==
Willa Player, the youngest of three was born to Clarence C. and Beatrice Day Player in Jackson, Mississippi in 1909. Her family moved to Akron, Ohio in 1917 when Player was 8 years old. Growing up in a religious family, Player was active in the Methodist church her family attended. As a teenager, she spent countless hours as a member of the youth choir which aided her a pathway to college. Player graduated from West High School in Akron and was accepted to Ohio Wesleyan University, a Methodist university in 1925. Willa Player was one of only three African American students admitted to the college. Because of her race, she was no allowed to live on-campus. She graduated in 1929. In 1930, Player received her Masters from Oberlin College. She also did post doctoral at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin.
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