▁how ▁she ▁port ray s ▁herself ▁as ▁a ▁" E astern ▁Mediter rane an ▁type " ▁on ▁her ▁official ▁co ins , ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁challeng ed ▁Rome ▁not ▁as ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁woman , ▁" but ▁as ▁a ▁civil ized ▁Greek ." ▁ ▁The ▁question ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁he ated ▁exchange ▁between ▁Mary ▁Le f kow itz , ▁Professor ▁Emer ita ▁of ▁Class ical ▁Studies ▁at ▁W elles ley ▁College ▁who ▁has ▁referred ▁in ▁her ▁articles ▁to ▁a ▁debate ▁she ▁had ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁students ▁about ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁Cle op atra ▁was ▁black , ▁and ▁M ole fi ▁K ete ▁As ante , ▁Professor ▁of ▁African ▁American ▁Studies ▁at ▁Temple ▁University . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁book ▁Not ▁Out ▁of ▁Africa ▁by ▁Le f kow itz , ▁As ante ▁wrote ▁the ▁article ▁" R ace ▁in ▁Anti qu ity : ▁Tr uly ▁Out ▁of ▁Africa ", ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁he ▁" can ▁say ▁without ▁a ▁doubt ▁that ▁Af ro cent rist s ▁do ▁not ▁spend ▁time ▁arg uing ▁that ▁either ▁S ocr ates ▁or ▁Cle op atra ▁were ▁black ." ▁Le f kow itz ' s ▁book ▁traces ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁Cle op atra ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁J . A . ▁Rog ers ▁book ▁" World ' s ▁Great ▁Men ▁of ▁Color ." ▁She ▁notes ▁Rog ers ' s ▁in ability ▁to ▁correctly ▁number ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁family ▁( for ▁example , ▁naming ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁brother