Bertha Boykin Todd discusses how William Grady Lowe influenced his students while teaching at Williston.

Mr. Lowe (1925 - 1981) graduated from Williston Industrial High School in 1942 and taught Social Studies at the school starting in 1950. Lowe was often "under scrutiny" for what he taught. Joseph McNeil, one of the participants in the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, said his activism was in part due to the lessons Lowe taught his students.