Sarah Lee Brown Fleming, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSarah Lee Brown Fleming
American teacher
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1876
Date of Death: 05-Jan-1963
Profession: teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Sarah Lee Brown Fleming
- Sarah Lee Brown Fleming (January 10, 1876 – January 5, 1963) was an African-American educator, social and community activist, playwright, poet, novelist, and the first African-American teacher in the Brooklyn school system. Her most notable published work is the novel Hope's Highway (1918) and Clouds and Sunshine (1920). She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and grew up in Brooklyn.
- Growing up, she had aspirations to become a schoolteacher but her father thought the only job viable for her was domestic work.
- Despite her parents’ sentiments, she went on to become the first black schoolteacher in the Brooklyn School system.
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