Last month I received the email set forth below from Kendall Price, Amherst College Class of 1992E. Kendall Price is the grandson of Charles Richard Drew, Amherst College Class of 1926, and his friend Leander Gray, Amherst College Class of 1990, is the grandson of W. Montague Cobb, Amherst College Class of 1925. Both Charles Drew and Montague Cobb were graduates of Dunbar High School. While neither Kendall nor Leander are direct products of Dunbar High School. In many ways, they appear to be the legacy products of that school through their grandparents. While Dunbar may have declined, it is not dead. It's legacy lives.
Peace,Everett "Skip" JenkinsClass of 1975October 8, 2026P.S. Kendall Price, Class of 1992E, is the cousin of Hugh Price, Class of 1963. While neither are graduates of Dunbar, the Dunbar influence does seem to permeate both of their lives.On Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 11:06:27 AM PDT, Kendall Price <kprice_stanford@hotmail.com> wrote:That’s a great list!Is Hugh on this email chain?Leander (Dr Cobbs grandson) and I went to Amherst together much like our grandfathersAlways enjoy the discussion!Kendall Price 1992ESent from my iPhoneOn Sep 16, 2026, at 8:37 PM, skipjen2865@aol.com wrote:---I recently stated that Hugh Price, Class of 1963, is on my list of the Top Ten African American Amherst College Graduates. For full disclosure, the following is my full Top Ten List. Each name has a reference to a Wikipedia page listing except for William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson, Class of 1892. His credentials are set forth by the list of Dunbar High School students he helped to send to Amherst College during his teaching career.Peace,Everett "Skip" JenkinsClass of 1975September 16, 202688888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888Top Ten African American Amherst College Graduates1. Charles Richard Drew, Class of 1926 (Charles R. Drew - Wikipedia)2. Edward Jones, Class of 1826 (Edward Jones (missionary) - Wikipedia)3. Charles Hamilton Houston, Class of 1915 (Charles Hamilton Houston - Wikipedia)4. William Henry Lewis, Class of 1892 (William H. Lewis - Wikipedia)5. William Montague Cobb, Class of 1925 (William Montague Cobb - Wikipedia)6. William Henry Hastie, Jr., Class of 1925 (William H. Hastie - Wikipedia)7. Hugh Bernard Price, Class of 1963 (Hugh Bernard Price - Wikipedia)8. Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Class of 1952 (Ulric Haynes (diplomat) - Wikipedia)9. Benjamin Jefferson Davis, Jr., Class of 1925 (Benjamin J. Davis Jr. - Wikipedia)10. William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson, Class of 1892 (William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson - Segregation and Desegregation at the Catholic University of America - Guides at The Catholic University of America)88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson, Class of 1892, owed his college education to U.S. Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts, who paid Jackson’s tuition and expenses. Jackson never forgot that kindness. He devoted his life to helping others obtain the same opportunities.After leaving Amherst, Jackson moved to Washington, D.C., where he took up teaching at the M Street High School, later renamed Dunbar High School. He married May Howard, who would become one of the most famous African-American sculptors during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. She made busts of several notable leaders of the time, including W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Laurence Dunbar—and Lewis.
At Dunbar, Jackson taught mathematics and coached sports for 38 years. He served as the school’s principal from 1906 to 1909. He shepherded many of his students to Amherst, which graduated more Dunbar students than any other college outside of the nation’s capital.
It was Jackson who convinced Charles Hamilton Houston, Class of 1915, to attend Amherst. Houston became a prominent lawyer and the architect of the legal challenge that resulted in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that in 1954 ended segregation in U.S. schools.
Jackson retired from Dunbar in 1931; his wife died a few months later. In 1942, Amherst honored him for his work as an educator. He died the following year.88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888During the years that William Tecumseh Sherman Jackson taught at Dunbar High School, Dunbar became a major conduit of African American students to Amherst College. The following is the list of Dunbar students who went to Amherst College. Those with an asterisk (*) went to Amherst but did not graduate.1906Robert Nicholas Mattingly1907James LeCount Chestnut1909James Blaine Hunter1911John Randolph Pinkett1912*Edward Gray1915Charles Hamilton Houston1916Frances Morse Dent1920Frederick Allen Parker1921Robert Percy Barnes1923*George Nolen Calloway*Charles Dudley LeeCharles William Lewis1925William Montague Cobb*George Winston Harry1926Charles Richard DrewThurman Luce Dodson1927Chauncey Baker Larry1928Clarence Reed White1929Harold Over LewisDavid UtzGeorge Williams1931*Charles Curtis Beckwith1934*Henry Greene Risher88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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