African American News & Issues Vol. 23 125 Years of Virtue

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Vol. 23, Issue 39

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! This country has a strong history of racism against Blacks! One thing I know for sure, HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF! What is happening in real-time now, is history repeating itself of outright racism. Too many people died, were lynched and burned at the stake for their RIGHT TO VOTE.

125 Years Of Virtue

That’s why we should, by any means neccesary exercise our RIGHT TO VOTE! “Your Money and Your Vote are two of the most powerful tools you have. Be careful who you give them to...”

Colored High School, 1893 - 1927

Booker T. Washington Colored High School, 1927 - 1959

It’s not about the Democrats, it’s not about the Republicans, it’s about OUR democracy; and it’s about what’s right and what’s wrong. That’s why, African-American News & Issues is endorsing

BETO FOR SENATE -Roy Douglas Malonson

Booker T. Washington, 1959 - 2018

Booker T. Washington, 2018

Celebrating a Legacy of Academic Excellence HISTORY HOUSTON - Booker T. Washington High School came into existence in 1893, at which time it was called “Colored High”. That school, built on the corner of W. Dallas and Frederick streets, cost

approximately $30,150. It was built exactly 57 years after the founding of Houston by the Allen brothers. The first principal of “Colored High” was the late Charles Atherton, for whom one of our HISD elementary schools is named. The enroll-

ment had outgrown the original building by 1927, and it became necessary to enlarge the educational plant. The school was rebuilt on the same site and named Booker T. Washington Junior - Senior High School in honor of the famed educator,

founder of Tuskegee Institute, and author of Up from Slavery and My Larger Education. William E. Miller was named principal. Virginia B. Miller, an English teacher whom Continue Reading “HISTORY” on Page 6


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