While most around the Smyrna area know Barbara Wright as a longtime teacher at Smyrna Middle School and a stalwart in the school district for 48 years, she can also be considered a civil rights crusader. At just 13 years old, Mrs. Wright attended the 1963 March on Washington, the site of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. She also was part of the first group of Black children to attend Smyrna Junior High School, which was then located in the current high school building.
