Historical Booker T. Washington High School yearbooks now available for purchase

  • Above from left, Betty Roberson, President of Booker T. Washington High School Alumni Association Council, presented a set of the five recovered and re-published Booker T. Washington High School yearbooks to Helen Thompson, Director of the Mount Pleasant Library. COURTESY PHOTO
    Above from left, Betty Roberson, President of Booker T. Washington High School Alumni Association Council, presented a set of the five recovered and re-published Booker T. Washington High School yearbooks to Helen Thompson, Director of the Mount Pleasant Library. COURTESY PHOTO
    A community and City partnership spearheaded by City Councilmember Jerry Walker resulted in a joy-filled Juneteenth Festival at Oaklawn Park on Friday, June 18. During the celebration, community members were recognized for their work to preserve the history of Booker T. Washington High School, which was open from 1898 to 1968. Inspired by 1955 graduate, Betty Smith, Hudson Old and Sam...

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