The Search for the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

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By Alana YzolaSep 3, 2024, 2:42 pm324 pts
The filmmakers behind Seeking Mavis Beacon wanted to know what happened to the Black woman who was paid only a couple hundred dollars to be the face of a wildly successful typing program. To find out, they had to do some “trolling.”

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