Early Life
Born in Durham, North Carolina to Reverend Lewis and Callie McAdoo Flagg, Margaret Flagg attended elementary school in the city's public school system. After her family moved to Washington, D.C., Margaret attended M Street High School (later called Dunbar High School), one of the city's academic high schools, where she graduated in 1904. Her ability was recognized by Howard University with the award of a scholarship. Flagg's ambition and abilities were demonstrated by her going to Howard at a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college. Howard was the top historically black college in the nation.
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