Educator
In 1884, Cardozo returned to education as a principal of the Colored Preparatory High School. He introduced a business curriculum and made it a leading school for African Americans. He served as principal until 1896.
Cardozo Senior High School in northwest Washington, DC, is named for Francis Cardozo.
He was a distant relative of former United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. His granddaughter, Eslanda Cardozo Goode married the concert singer Paul Robeson.
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