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  2. Joseph H. Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Harrison Jackson (January 11, 1900 [1] – August 18, 1990) was an American pastor and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was highly controversial in many black churches, where the minister preached spiritual salvation rather than political activism.

  3. List of CEOs of Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    The following is a table listing the individuals that held the position of "superintendent of Chicago Public Schools" from its creation in 1854 through its dissolution in 1995: Ella Flagg Young (served 1909–1915); CPS' first female superintendent; first female public school superintendent in a major US city [ 4 ]

  4. Janice K. Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Janice K. Jackson (born May 22, 1977) [2] is an American educator, educational administrator and former schools superintendent.Jackson served as the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, the school district's superintendent position, from December 8, 2017, until June 30, 2021.

  5. In Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris praises Rev. Jesse ...

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    Days after the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. announced he was stepping down as president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Vice President Kamala Harris came to the South Side Sunday to deliver a tribute to ...

  6. Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Public Schools were the most racial-ethnically separated among large city school systems, according to research by The New York Times in 2012, [47] as a result of most students' attending schools close to their homes. In the 1970s the Mexican origin student population grew in CPS, although it never exceeded 10% of the total CPS student ...

  7. List of schools in Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office. Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF Von Humboldt on Jul 22, 2015 for $3,100,000. Main building slated to become mixed-use community for teachers.

  8. Wendell Phillips Academy High School - Wikipedia

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    The high school traces its history to 1875, when South Division High School was opened as the south side's first public high school. Phillips was established by Chicago Board of Education in 1900 to replace South Division, (which was located near 26th street and Wabash Avenue, about two miles from Phillips location) after community members petitioned for a new school due to the location being ...

  9. First Presbyterian Church (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The first public school in Chicago was organized in the meeting house of The First Presbyterian Church, and Porter's wife Eliza Chappell was the first teacher in this school. [7] The membership of the church increased within a few months from 26 to 47, and to accommodate both soldiers and citizens, preaching services were held for a time both ...