Nellie Morrow Parker

Nellie K. Morrow Parker (August 27, 1902 – January 25, 1998) was the first African American school teacher in Bergen County, New Jersey.

[2] John was the janitor of the Johnson Public Library at 274 Main Street in Hackensack and also a minister .

Morrow graduated from Hackensack High School and graduated from Montclair Normal School (now Montclair State University) in 1922 with a certificate in teaching.

[3] She became the first African-American public school teacher in Bergen County, New Jersey in 1922 when she was hired to teach the fifth and sixth grades in the Hackensack, New Jersey public school system.

During her early years of teaching she and her family were subject to racism from the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations.