DENVER (AP/CBS4) - Marie Greenwood, a pioneering Denver teacher who spent decades fighting segregation in city institutions, has died. She was 106. Greenwood was one of the first black teachers to be ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Marie Greenwood, a pioneering teacher who spent decades fighting segregation, died days short of her 107th birthday. Greenwood was the first African-American teacher to receive tenure ...

Marie Greenwood, a pioneering Denver teacher who spent decades fighting segregation in city institutions, has died. She was 106. Greenwood was one of the first black teachers to be hired by Denver ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For someone growing up with a mother who broke down racial walls in public education, Jim Greenwood felt like he was living a pretty unremarkable childhood.

DENVERDENVER — Marie Greenwood, a pioneering Denver teacher who devoted decades to fighting segregation in city institutions, has died. She was 106. Greenwood died on Friday at her Denver residence, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Eight days before her death, Marie Louise Greenwood taught one last lesson to Denver students: aim high, because “if you reach for the stars, at least you’ll ...

DENVER – Denver Public Schools is mourning the loss of one of its most influential teachers. Marie L. Greenwood died on Friday, just nine days shy of her 107th birthday. Greenwood was the first ...

For the entire month of February, NBC will showcase essays about Black Americans who pioneered change in United States history during the Civil Rights Movement that led to nationwide desegregation.

Eight days before her death, Marie Louise Greenwood taught one last lesson to Denver students: aim high, because “if you reach for the stars, at least you’ll hit the treetops.” Greenwood, the first ...