An Alexandria native, Mable Lyles began her education in a one-room school. As a child, she questioned the disparity of why whites had a longer school year than blacks. As a result of an NAACP lawsuit, the school year was made equal for all students. Mable graduated from Virginia Union University in Richmond. She began teaching in the Alexandria schools in September 1954. She received a Master of Education degree from George Mason University (Fairfax) in 1980. Mable retired from the school system in 1988. In 2006, she published a book, Caught Between Two Systems: Desegregating Alexandria’s Schools 1954-1973.
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