Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina) Explained

Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium
Coordinates:	33.9931°N -81.0253°W
Location:	1400 Wheat St., Columbia, SC
Architecture:	International Style
Refnum:	100003059
Added:	October 25, 2018

Booker T. Washington High School served African American students in Columbia, South Carolina.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The Booker T. Washington High School Foundation was established to preserve and celebrate the school's heritage and legacy.^[5]

Educational historian Anthony L. Edwards has written about the school and its history and conducted interviews as part of his research.^[6]

The school's auditorium is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[7]

The University of South Carolina's Museum of Education hosts a web exhibition on the high school and its participation in a 1940 Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes’ Secondary School Study.^[8]

Alumni

• Ethel Martin Bolden

See also

• List of things named after Booker T. Washington

Notes and References

1. Web site: Photo Asset | Booker T. Washington High School | History Of SC Slide Collection | Knowitall.org. www.knowitall.org.
2. Web site: SC Historic Properties Record : National Register Listing : Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium [S10817740167]]. schpr.sc.gov.
3. Web site: Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, S.C.) [WorldCat Identities]].
4. Web site: Gone but not Forgotten: Booker T. Washington High School, 1916-1974. May 19, 2015.
5. Web site: Booker T. Washington High School Foundation. bookertwashingtonfoundationsc.org.
6. Booker T. Washington High School (1916-1974): Voices of Remembrance . Edwards . Anthony L.. March 1998.
7. Web site: Popular UofSC civil rights exhibit will have a permanent home. University of South Carolina.
8. Web site: USC: Museum of Education.