G. W. Jackson moved to Corsicana in the 1800s to teach at one of the first schools for African American children in North Texas. G. W. Jackson High School was named in his honor and educated students for about 50 years until it was closed in the 1970s in order to comply with federal desegregation orders. In 2007, the city council voted to rename East Fifth Avenue to G. W. Jackson Avenue in his honor.

OBITUARY

July 22, 1940
George W. Jackson, died Jul. 1940

Negro Educator Dies
CORSICANA, Texas, July 22. George W. Jackson, 80, pioneer Negro educator, civic, church and fraternal leader, died here Sunday night. He had been principal of the local Negro schools for forty-five years prior to his retirement, and was grand master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows six years. He was the author of a number of books, and a graduate of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Surviving are his wife and a son, B. A. Jackson. Harvard graduate and now connected with the New York City Post Office.
Submitted by Dana Stubbs

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• G. W. Jackson Home
• G. W. Jackson High School