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Wilson High will most likely be renamed after Ida B. Wells


People will actually feel comfortable : Students champion choice to rename Portland school after Black activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The high school was originally named for former Pres. Woodrow Wilson, whose administration segregated federal offices. He also wrote a book sympathetic to the KKK.
Author: KGW Staff, Maggie Vespa
Published: 4:45 PM PST January 15, 2021
Updated: 5:31 PM PST January 18, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore A committee tasked with renaming Southwest Portland s Woodrow Wilson High School has recommended the school be named after Black journalist, activist and suffragist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Portland Public Schools (PPS) announced Friday. 
Wells-Barnett was an investigative journalist and activist who was born into slavery during the Civil War in 1862. She co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first Black women s suffrage association. ....

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