May 7, 2010

Charlotte Stephens, born a slave in 1854, became the first black teacher hired in the school system of Little Rock (Pulaski County) when she completed the 1868-69 term for a teacher who had become ill. Her teaching career spanned seventy years, and Stephens Elementary School in Little Rock is named for her.

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