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Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"I knew my husband is strong and can endure. I didn't react at all -- I just kept praying and repeating in my heart that nothing bad would happen to him," the 32-year-old schoolteacher said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Linda is a schoolteacher and artist who lives in the nether reaches of Brooklyn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a truck driver with no connections in the music industry.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

A beautiful soul like Caesar could be anything he wanted here, all of them could be: own a spread, be a schoolteacher, fight for colored rights.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead