Dr Anna Julia Cooper&#39;s Graduation Photo - 1923. //  Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, 1858-1964  Born a slave in Raleigh, North Carolina, Anna Cooper began her education at St. Augustine&#39;s Normal and Collegiate Institute. In 1881 she enrolled at Oberlin College, where she earned bachelor&#39;s and master&#39;s degrees. She taught at M Street/Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., for forty years and served as principal from 1901 to 1906. Later she studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving a Ph.D. in 1925 at ...