Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

It's rare that we have a boss who stands behind us and defends us from unfair criticism.

When an angry customer or a demanding executive tries to corner us into caving into every

one of their demands, it's nice to know that there's a manager in our corner who will

keep the unreasonable at bay.

Many Cox probably felt the same way too.

She was born mini-gettings in Mississippi back in 1869 and grew up in Lexington.

Her upbringing wasn't common for other black children and families at the time, though.

For one, her family owned their own restaurant in town.

She also went on to earn a degree at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Fisk was a historically black university, and many was one of 100 other students who graduated

with a teaching degree in 1888.

Many got married the following year to a man named Wellington Cox, also a teacher who

had left his career for a job with United Railway Postal Service.

This upward move allowed him to buy 160 acres of land and move within local political

circles.

It also helped many find a career of her own.

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