MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — In a small house on Dunlap Road, where Baldwin County schools were still segregated, Lisa Cook learned the values that would carry her to the highest levels of American finance.

Today, the Milledgeville native finds herself in federal court , fighting to retain her position as the first Black woman ever appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors — a historic role she assumed in 2022 after breaking barriers that had stood for more than a century.

Cook's story begins in Central Georgia, where her father served as chaplain at Central State Hospital and her mother taught at Georgia College's nursing school . Those who knew her then say they recognized something special early on.

"She is not caving. She is fighting this injustice," said Sandra Worsh

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