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Thompson, Lucia E.

(born: 1897) 

Thompson was born in Paducah, KY. An optometrist, she received her O.D. from Monroe College of Optometry in Chicago in 1947. Thompson was an instructor at West Kentucky College [now West Kentucky Community and Technical College] for ten years and taught at a private adult school for five years before she opened her optometry business in Chicago. For more see Who's Who in Colored America, 1950.

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NKAA Source: Who's who in colored America: an illustrated biographical directory of notable living persons of African descent in the United States (1950)

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“Thompson, Lucia E.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 14, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/843.

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