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Nell Coley

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: African-American

Biographical/Historical note: Nell Coley was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. After earning a degree from Bennett College, she moved to New York, where she met and married a principal in the Columbia, North Carolina, school system. She moved there and taught for three years. She returned to Greensboro in 1935 to teach English at Dudley High School, where she remained into the 1960s.

Items created by this individual or group:
	Oral History Interview with Nell Coley by William Chafe Date: October 15, 1974 By: Nell Coley From: William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection This October 15, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Nell Coley primarily documents Ms. Coley’s experiences as a teacher at Dudley High School during the 1950s and 1960s. T...