University of Redlands Honors 105-Year-Old Educator

Dorothy Inghram received the Lifetime Achievement in Educational Justice Award from University of Redlands in California. Inghram, now 105 years old, was was the first black teacher and the first black school principal in San Bernardino County. In 1953 she became the first African-American school district superintendent in the state of California.

Inghram is a 1936 graduate of the University of Redlands and 22 years later earned a master’s degree in education from the university.

She is the author of five books and is working on another. An elementary school and a branch of the public library in San Bernardio are named in her honor.