| Summary: | Civil rights activist and elementary school music teacher Jeanne Martin Brayboy was born on February 23, 1930, in Camden, South Carolina. Brayboy graduated from high school in 1947, and then attended Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a music major. Her major encouraged her to perform with the Bennett Choir, in addition to participating in many different activities. She graduated from Bennett with honors in 1951, and then entered Boston University to pursue her M.A. degree in music education. Brayboy graduated from Boston University in 1953, and in 1954, she married Dr. Jack Brayboy. She spent forty years as a teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, from 1953 to 1993. In 1969, Brayboy became one of the first African American teachers to integrate the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools. She has devoted her time to many civic organizations, among these include the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Levine Museum of the New South.
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