Luther Porter Jackson Middle School
Location
Fairfax County, Virginia
Coordinates	38°52′06″N 77°13′43″W  /  38.8683°N 77.2287°W  / 38.8683; -77.2287
Information
Other name	Luther Jackson Middle School (1965? )
Type	Public, segregated
Opened	1954
Closed	1965
School district	Fairfax County Public Schools
Principal	Raven Jones [1]
Last updated: March 9, 2023

Luther Porter Jackson High School was a secondary school for Black students in Fairfax County, Virginia , United States, located at the Annandale - Dunn Loring - Merrifield corridor. A part of Fairfax County Public Schools , it was the county's first grade 7-12 school for Black children. ^[2]

History [ edit ]

Before the school was established, FCPS sent Black students to District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) schools and the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth , ^[3] later the Manassas Regional High School , ^[4] a vocational school . ^{[5] : 9} Schools in Washington, D.C. , which took Black Fairfax County students included Armstrong Manual Training School , Cardozo High School , Dunbar High School , and Phelps Vocational Center. ^[4]

Jackson, named after teacher Luther Porter Jackson , opened in 1954. ^[3] At the time the school was in operation, about 41% of its students planned to attend colleges and universities. ^{[5] : 173}

Luther Jackson was a scholar who researched the Readjusters , a Black majority political party that led Virginia under William Mahone from 1879 to 1883. ^[6]

The high school served as the counterpart to the then- Whites only Falls Church High School before closing in 1965 once the Fairfax School District had racially integrated. Luther Jackson Intermediate School, now known as Luther Jackson Middle School , opened on the former high school campus in September of that year. ^[3]

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• Lee, Mathelle K. " A History of Luther P. Jackson High School: A Report of a Case Study on the Development of a Black High School " (PhD dissertation). Virginia Tech , Defended on April 15, 1993. URN: etd-10202005-102820. Downloads from vt.edu restricted to those on the Virginia Tech network. See entry at Google Books . See entry at ResearchGate .
• Russell-Porte, Evelyn Darnell. " A HISTORY OF EDUCATION FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PRIOR TO 1954 " ( Archive ). PhD dissertation. Virginia Tech . July 19, 2000. - p. 295 shows the contract for Harold Lawson, who became the principal of Luther Jackson in 1954.
• Luther Jackson High School, The Tiger , 1955-1965