At the same time, the school had eight African-American teachers and 45 other teachers on its 53-member faculty.

African-American teachers got many children and adults started on education.

Without her the faculty would have had no African-American teachers.

He's an imposing African-American teacher who, for the most part, seems to keep his classroom under control.

The organization helped to place African-American teachers in the newly built schools for blacks.

"I don't know if there was an African-American teacher, but you didn't see many black faces as you traveled the halls."

He is also one of only two African-American teachers.

As the only African-American teacher in the school system at the time, she knew what the parent meant.

At that time, Michigan would not hire African-American teachers in its secondary schools.

This was yet another survival tactic used by the African-American teachers during those years.