Valerie Blacklock Jackson

Valerie Blacklock Jackson a native Houstonian. I’m the second oldest of six children. We were reared in Fifth Ward until 1972. That’s when our parents had this “brilliant idea“to move to South Park. This meant that I would have had to attend Jesse Jones High School instead of Phillis Wheatley High School. Yes, I was zoned to attend Phillis Wheatley and I had even made the JV cheer squad. However, …