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Marie Louise Greenwood (née Anderson; November 24, 1912 - November 15, 2019) was an American educator that broke several color-barriers as an educator in Denver, Colorado. She is known for being the first African-American teacher to receive tenure from the Denver Public School system.

Early life & education
Marie Louise Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California on November 24, 1912, the only child of Joseph A. Anderson, a Creole hotel cook from Louisiana and Sarah Lee (née Garrett), from Hondo, Texas, who also worked as a private cook before becoming a homemaker. For the earliest years of her life, Greenwood spent her time moving between California, Prescott, Arizona, and Texas, before they all moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1925. She attended Morey Middle School and graduated from West High School in 1931, ranking 3rd in her class of 257. She subsequently received an honorary scholarship from the state and studied at Colorado Teacher’s College of Greeley (Colorado State College of Education), graduating in 1935 with a bachelor’s degree (BA) in Kindergarten Primary Education.

Career
In 1955, she returned to teaching at Newlon School, which made her the first African-American instructor placed in an all-white school in DPS history.