Oscar Wright: Oakland’s relentless education advocate
Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 11:14 am in Uncategorized1 Comment
For years, I’ve listened to Oscar Wright speak at board meetings, calling on the district’s leaders to offer the same opportunities to all of the city’s students, regardless of race or income. He often weaves parts of his own experience into his remarks and entreaties, and I’ve long wanted a fuller story of the man behind the podium.The profile on Wright, which appeared in Tuesday’s Tribune, includes two video clips of Wright addressing the Oakland school board (which, he said, he began doing in 1965, after the passage of the Elementary and