Sarah Lee Brown Fleming

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Sarah Lee Brown Fleming (1875-1963) was a Black educator, social and community activist and the first Black teacher in the Brooklyn school system.

Her most notable published work is the novel Hope's Highway (1918). It is a tale of racial uplift in which, education and integrity persevere over racism and despair.

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Shockley, Ann Allen. Afro-American Women Writers 1746-1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide, New Haven, Connecticut: Meridian Books, 1989. ISBN 0-452-00981-2