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256:, the 55-strong choir led and trained by Bryant Jones won. They were described as the best choir 'that has ever sung in Chicago schools,' and the performance as the 'most thrilling' and 'the outstanding feature of the entire show.' Another pupil of Bryant Jones was Harold Washington, the first African American mayor of Chicago. He recalled that she would often mention W.E.B. Du Bois as 'an excellent role model for her students to follow':
252:, described the dedication of the staff at Wendell Phillips High School, singling out Bryant Jones in particular. He recalled how these 'extraordinary' teachers taught an 'all black student body... to appreciate our musical background, while they prepared us to go out into the world and make our own way in it.' In 1931, at the Competition Festival of the Senior High School Choral groups of the city of Chicago, held at
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Thereupon she received a notice that she had passed but was not told what percentage she had made. She was appointed to night work in the
Wendell Phillips High School in September, 1919, and was refused even substitute day work. In April, 1920, in spite of the opposition of the white principal, Mrs.
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Mildred Bryant Jones, formerly of Louisville and now of Chicago, sought to take the examination for musical director in the high schools of Chicago, every effort was made to persuade her not to do so. When she finally appeared before the examiners they sat fully five minutes quite dumb looking
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December, 1918. At first they wanted to segregate her and have her examined in a room by herself without supervision. This she refused.
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