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Madeline Stratton Morris

1906–2007

United States

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Madeline Robinson Morgan Stratton Morris (August 14, 1906 – December 26, 2007) was an American educator and community leader, based in Chicago. In the 1940s, she created the first Black history curriculum adopted by a large American school district, and published two textbooks for the subject.

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