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Margaret Evelyn
Peters
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received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, as well as her
Supervisor’s Certificate, from the University of Dayton. From 1963-1993
she taught in the Dayton Public Schools and served as Black History
Resource Teacher for the district. She was also an instructor at area
universities. She served as president of the minority caucus of the Dayton
Education Association and as editor of the state caucus newsletter. Since
retiring, she has served as president of the retired teachers association
and as a member of the Ohio Department of Education’s Social Studies
Curriculum Writing Team. Her writings include The Ebony Book of Black
Achievement, which was included in the 1994 issue of the American
Library Association’s Coretta Scott King Awards Book, and
Dayton’s African American Heritage. Active in her community, she
tutors at Zion Baptist Church, serves on the boards of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference and the Muse Machine, and co-chairs the
Martin Luther King, Jr. School Program. Her honors include the Dr. Carter
G. Woodson Award from the National Education Association, the Excellence
in Teaching Award for the Midwest Region from the National Council of
Negro Women, and inclusion in the Inventing Flight Walk of Fame. |
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