Oct. 15 Marks Education Pioneer Fanny Jackson Coppin’s Legacy

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Mayor Catherine Pugh has designated Monday, Oct. 15 as  Fanny Jackson Coppin Day in Baltimore.
Coppin was the first African-American woman to become a school principal and school superintendent in the United States.
The mayor led a ceremony at Coppin State University Monday morning.
“It’s an awesome day,” Pugh said. “Coppin State University is named in her honor — an educator and a former slave who was freed and went on to change educati