2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 295
Commending Teresa Jackson Walker-Price.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 10, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 12, 2026
WHEREAS, Teresa Jackson Walker-Price, an esteemed educator, advocate, and community leader and lifelong resident of Charlottesville, celebrated her 100th birthday in 2025; and
WHEREAS, Teresa Jackson Walker-Price played a pivotal role in the growth and development of the Starr Hill neighborhood in Charlottesville by effectively advocating for residents after the neighborhood was selected for a federal Community Development Block Grant in the 1970s; and
WHEREAS, Teresa Jackson Walker-Price taught in Charlottesville at the former Lane High School during the period of integration and later worked as the librarian at Clark School, and she was always an abundant source of comfort, wisdom, and encouragement for her students; and
WHEREAS, Teresa Jackson Walker-Price generously opened her home to Black students at the University of Virginia during its early years of integration, giving them a greater sense of community and belonging and the strength to overcome the challenges they faced; and
WHEREAS, Teresa Jackson Walker-Price was instrumental in the preservation of the historic Jefferson School and Carver Recreation Center in Charlottesville, which remain beloved institutions of education and culture in the community to this day; and