Marian Costner Selby

Integrated school and workplace environments.

One of the first African American student to attend George Mason High School, in 1961, and the first to graduate from George Mason High School, in 1964.

First African American to work in the office of the Fairfax Education Association.

First African American to work in the Fairfax County Planning Department in a professional capacity.

Her valuable lesson learned is: Adults take longer to rid themselves of prejudice and embrace persons of different races or cultures.