An object lesson
Sep 04, 2022
2 minutes
JONATHAN KRONSTADT
My high school’s name was recently changed from Woodrow Wilson, a former US president and huge racist – remind you of anyone? – to Jackson-Reed High School. The first part of the new name is in honour of Edna Burke Jackson, the first African-American teacher at the school and easily the best teacher I ever had.
Mrs Jackson was a 1.45m force of nature, and I
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