Mildred Margaret McLeod.
McLeod was born in Wilsonville, Alabama, in 1904, the daughter of Thomas and Lavinia McLeod. In 1928, after earning a bachelor's degree from Talladega College, she moved to Detroit, Michigan. She received her teaching certificate from Wayne State University in 1935 and became the first African...
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| Summary: | McLeod was born in Wilsonville, Alabama, in 1904, the daughter of Thomas and Lavinia McLeod. In 1928, after earning a bachelor's degree from Talladega College, she moved to Detroit, Michigan. She received her teaching certificate from Wayne State University in 1935 and became the first African American teacher at Garfield Elementary School the following year. In 1945, she married Nathaniel Mahlatjie, a South African doctor who emigrated to the United States. |
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