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DiMango deflects praise on her 50 years of community service

By Paula Katinas


Mafalda DiMango has been an education advocate and community leader in southern Brooklyn for half a century. She was a PTA leader in the 1960s, a time of social upheaval when school busing brought simmering racial tensions exploding to the surface.

As a school board member, she had a hand in hiring district superintendents and principals and, by extension, influenced the education of generations of students.

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Source: http://www.brooklyneagle.com

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