John F. Cook School
John F. Cook School, established in 1867, was a school for African American students in Washington, D.C. It closed in 2009, and as of 2013, its former location is now home to the J.F. Cook campus of the Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School. History The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of April 1862 officially ended slavery in the District of Columbia. In addition, this was followed up by a separate May 1862 Act, "An Act Providing for the Education of Colored Children in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Columbia", which officially established a system of public schools for African American children in DC. African-American educator, politician, activist, and philanthropist John F. Cook Jr., was at the time teaching at Union Seminary, a school for black students in D.C., which he had previously led until his younger brother George succeeded him. When Union Seminary was closed in 1867, he established John F. Cook Elementary, naming it in ...
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