Wilson had been named by Look magazine as one of the 10 best high schools in America a few years earlier. Today, Wilson is D.C.’s most diverse public high school: 39 percent White, 29 percent Black and 22 percent Latino. But since before its doors opened in 1935 — to White students only — Wilson has been defined by race. After six years at a Black high school in Tulsa, Jackson returned home in 1940 to work at D.C.’s Cardozo High School, which was also all Black. Edna B. Jackson, Negro history teacher, is a favorite of Wilson High School students,” the caption read.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2020 11:05 UTC