Alice Holloway Young

Biography

Alice Holloway Young (September 29, 1923 – April 30, 2024) was an American pioneer in education who served as a teacher, advocate, and administrator in Rochester, New York, from the 1950s until the 2020s. Young was one of the Rochester City School District's first Black classroom teachers, as well as the district's first Black reading specialist, vice principal, and principal. Young developed the first and oldest voluntary racial integration program in the United States and was also a founding trustee of Monroe Community College.

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