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Spencer, NC. Samuel also taught at Livingstone College, and served as the sixth president at Livingstone College. He died when Elizabeth was nine years old. Her mother, Lena Duncan was an elementary teacher at Dunbar Elementary School. Lena also taught illiterate adults how to read with Elizabeth's help. Her brother Samuel later served as president of Livingston College in Salisbury after their father did. Her other brother, John, was the first African-American commissioner of the District of Columbia. Koontz attended segregated schools in Salisbury and graduated as
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