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Helene Cooper
Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar
May 2004
- August 2004
Phone: 202/691-4054
Email: cooperhe@wwic.si.edu
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Affiliation
reporter, Wall Street Journal
Wilson Center Project
A memoir titled, "The House at Sugar Beach," which chronicles the social evolution of Liberia through the eyes of Ms. Cooper's family, which is descended from African-American slaves who emigrated to Liberia in the 19th century
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Biography
A native of Liberia who came to the United States at 14 years of age, Ms. Cooper holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. She has been a reporter since 1987--most recently (since 1992) with The Wall Street Journal. At the Wilson Center, Ms. Cooper will conduct research for a memoir, which she has titled The House at Sugar Beach. This memoir will chronicle the social evolution of Liberia through the eyes of Ms. Cooper's family, which is descended from African-American slaves who emigrated to Liberia in the 19th century.
Education
BA, Journalism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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