David T. Howard High School Explained

David T. Howard Middle School
Former Name:David T. Howard High School
District:Atlanta Public Schools

David T. Howard High School was a school for African American students in Atlanta, Georgia. It has many prominent alumni.[1] In 2018 the school was being renovated for a planned 2020 reopening as a middle school.[2] Alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Maynard Jackson who became Atlanta's first Black mayor, Walt Frazier who played basketball at the school, Lonnie King, Vernon Jordan, Clarence Cooper (judge), and gold medal-winning Olympian Mildred McDaniel Singleton.[2] [1] It is located at 551 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue. It was named for prominent businessman and philanthropist David Tobias Howard.

History

The school opened in 1923 as an Elementary School.[3] It became a high school in 1948.[2]

The school was named for David T. Howard, a former slave who owned Atlanta's largest black-owned undertaking business and founded its first African American owned bank. He was a noted philanthropist, particularly focused on educating children. He donated thousands of dollars to poor children to be educated, to Tuskegee University, and donated the 7.5 acre campus for the elementary school which was named after him.[2]

Martin Luther King Jr. attended the school from 1936 until 1940.

The school building is brick.[4] It closed in 1976.[2]

In 2021, it reopened as David T. Howard Middle School.

Athletics

The school competed in the Georgia Interscholastic Association. It won the 1954 state championship in basketball.[5]

Rebuilding

As of 2019, the former school is being rebuilt for a fall 2020 opening as a new middle school feeding into Midtown High School (Atlanta). The school will retain the Howard name, being called David T. Howard Middle School.[6] The renovations will cost an estimated $52 million.[7]

Alumni

Faculty

Notes and References

  1. News: 8 famous former students of Atlanta's David T. Howard School. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408112835/https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/famous-former-students-atlanta-david-howard-school/NFxHpGSNM27J3aPPhOca2K/. 8 April 2019. 14 January 2018. Vanessa. McCray.
  2. Web site: History Being Reborn: Revitalization of David T. Howard School on track in O4W - Atlanta INtown Paper. 5 September 2018. Atlanta INtown Paper. https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141527/https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2018/09/history-being-reborn-revitalization-of-david-t-howard-school-on-track-in-o4w/. 2 October 2018. Clare S.. live. Richie.
  3. Web site: History . www.davidthowardnationalalumni.org . DT Howard Alumni Association . 9 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200209201410/http://www.davidthowardnationalalumni.org/history.html . 9 February 2020 . 9 February 2020 . In 1923, the City of Atlanta opened the David T. Howard Grammar School located in the block bounded by Houston, Randolph, Howell and Irwin Streets. Howard took the place of three grammar schools, two of which opened in 1866 for children of freed slaves, Storrs, Summer Hill and the Houston Street School which became the first Atlanta Public School with an all- Negro staff. Since its construction in 1923 David T. Howard School educated many of Atlanta’s most notable citizens..
  4. Web site: APS construction jobs include updating King's childhood school. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614005353/https://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/aps-construction-jobs-include-updating-king-childhood-school/DC0gY11QYYKF4JJXQtgEIM/. 14 June 2018. Vanessa. McCray.
  5. Web site: GIA Boys Basketball Champions | GHSA.net .
  6. Web site: Richie . Clare S. . Topping out ceremony marks milestone in construction of new Howard Middle School facility . Atlanta INtown Paper . Springs Publishing, LLC . 26 August 2019. 24 August 2019. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190914064828/https://atlantaintownpaper.com/2019/08/topping-out-ceremony-marks-milestone-in-construction-of-new-howard-middle-school-facility/. 14 September 2019.
  7. News: Terrell . Ross . Historic David T. Howard School To Open Again After Four Decades . 9 February 2020 . 90.1 FM WABE . 10 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200209202054/https://www.wabe.org/historic-david-howard-school/ . 9 February 2020 . en . Renovations to the school are projected to cost $52 million and will be partially funded with a special purpose local option sales tax..
  8. Web site: 8 famous former students of Atlanta's David T. Howard School.
  9. Web site: Greg Harts Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . . . 12 November 2022 . en.
  10. Web site: David T. Howard: From Georgia slave to Atlanta philanthropist.
  11. News: Public Schools. Atlanta. David T. Howard Middle School Staff & Faculty Directory. 12 July 2021.
  12. News: Prizes. Pulitzer. The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama. 12 July 2021. 12 April 1999.

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