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Ruby Middleton Forsythe

1905–1992

United States

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Ruby Middleton Forsythe (1905–1992) was an elementary school teacher in South Carolina. She was known for providing education to the African-American community during the "Jim Crow" era. She was the recipient of four honorary doctorates, with a career that spanned more than six decades.

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