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Thelma Dewitty

1912–1977

United States

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Thelma Dewitty (1912–1977) was the first African American to teach in the Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, Washington, U.S.. She was also active in the NAACP, serving as Seattle branch president in the late 1950s.

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