Johnnetta Cole, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Johnnetta Cole

American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1936

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Profession: professor, anthropologist, academic administrator, museum director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born 1936) is an American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president.
Cole was the first female African-American president of Spelman College, a historically black college, serving from 1987 to 1997.
She was president of Bennett College from 2002 to 2007.
During 2009–2017 she was Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art.