Background
Diggs was born in Monmouth, and raised in a "supportive environment.".
Diggs was born in Monmouth, and raised in a "supportive environment.".
She was the author of a major contribution to African American history, Black Chronology: From 4,000 British Columbia to the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Diggs pursued her undergraduate work at Monmouth College and the University of Minnesota. She received her master"s degree from Atlanta University where she was a research assistant to West. East. Burghardt Du Bois.
As Du Bois" research assistant, she aided in the research of five of his books