Williston School

It was intended for freed slaves and initially had 450 pupils divided into five departments: primary, intermediate, advanced, normal and industrial.

It was based upon a school for freed slaves which had been founded in 1866 and named after Samuel Williston, a Massachusetts button maker and philanthropist.

The lawsuit had been brought by Dr Hubert A. Eaton, a local civil-rights activist who repeatedly pressed for greater equality of education.

[6] Black high school students protested in Wilmington on the following day, making a march to City Hall.

The black students were moved to the previously all-white high schools of New Hanover and Hoggard, where they complained of inadequate provision.

Williston Middle school in 2016
Williston Middle School in 2010. Here, students are being told about life in the US Navy.
Williston Middle School front entrance in 2016
1952 graduate Meadowlark Lemon , on the deck of deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) in 1988. [ 2 ]
1949 graduate Althea Gibson in 1956 after winning the French Open . In the following two years, she won Wimbledon and the US Open and was voted "Female Athlete of the Year". [ 9 ]