On this day in 1861, educator Mary S. Peake began her teaching career.  When she entered education, Peake became one of the first teachers at one of the earliest schools for formerly enslaved people. Born in 1823 in Norfolk, Peake was the daughter of Sarah Kelsey and a white Englishman. Her parents could not marry [...]

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