Dobbins, Gracie B., 1905-2001.

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Gracie B. Dobbins (1905-2001) was an African American school teacher. She was born Gracie Lee Burns in 1905 and graduated Avery Institute in 1924 with a teaching certificate. She later married a Mr. Dobbins and taught at Minnie Hughes Elementary School on Yonges Island and possibly elsewhere. She served as Chairman of Annual Appeal of Dimes for the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in the 1960s. Dobbins died in Charleston in 2001.

From the description of Gracie B. Dobbins papers, 1924 and circa 1965-1986. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 471775862

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African American women teachers
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Birth 1905

Death 2001

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