Episode 12. A Cowardly Lion. Season 1 of Exchange Place culminates with the story of a single mom named Alice Geoffray, the first Director of The Adult Education Center. With seven children back home and no administrative experience, Alice courageously stepped into the role of a lifetime as widespread antipathy against educating women of color brewed in the wake of a newly desegregated Deep South.
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