BTW 90th Year Commermorative Booklet

Alberto M. Carvalho

William

Booker T. Washington Alumni Association, Inc.

Greetings

Happy birthday Booker T. Washington Senior High School! Thanks for continu ing to ignite the flame of excellence and knowledge among our students and the community. The Booker T. Washington Alumni Association, Inc. joins the Tor nado family and supporters in offering our warmest congratulations to our stalwart institution of learning for past and present academic excellence! Special thanks are extended to all for sharing in this most significant time of cel ebration in “Tornado Land.” Kudos to our chairperson and committee members of the 90th Anniversary Commit tee. Recognizing the 90th Anniversary of Booker T. Washington Senior High School, founded in 1926 in Miami’s historic “Overtown” community is a noteworthy historic occasion. It has been a collaborative effort of commitment and dedication of Booker T. Washington Senior High School, its supporters, the community and the Booker T. Washington Alumni Association, Inc.

Booker T. Washington Junior-Senior High School began to serve students of color in 1927. It was the first public high school to provide a twelfth grade education for black students in Miami and surrounding south Florida communi ties. It was affectionately dubbed ”BTW” by its alumni and locals. For many decades the school has been engaged in a vibrant partnership with its alumni and the community. It continues to embrace a “lifelong commitment to improving the quality of education and life for its students as well as society.

I am constantly enlivened and invigorated by the “Ole Washington Spirit.” The school has continued to cultivate in our students the “seeds of excellence” and is keen to pass on knowledge to the next generation. Moreover, “The Legacy continues: 90 Years of Excellence is cause for great celebration! Looking back since its inception Booker T. Washington High School has been a “Beacon of Light and Hope” in our lives; a source of pride and cornerstone for the Black community.

It has served as the ”Gateway to Life’s Journey to understanding and success” for many of us. In passing through, there were many “lessons learned.” We were encouraged to be steadfast in the pursuit of our goals, to always set high standards of excellence and to be solicitous and benevolent towards others. We were reminded that it takes courage to push ourselves to places that we have never been before; to test our limits, to break through barriers and most of all to believe in ourselves!...for as Washingtonians, it is no secret that... ”We are not the largest, but the best!” Always remembering to the keep the “Lessons Learned” as sources of inspiration and strengths for us in our future endeavors! Moreover, this 90th Anniversary celebration affords all of us an opportunity to share in “A Taste of Booker T. Washington Senior High School” as we reminisce and “Take a Walk Down Memory Lane” to visit the past and present experiences that are unique to BTW. Ever mindful of the rich heritage we share. For, we are “The keepers” of Booker T. Washington High School’s inspiring history and the “keepers” of our own history! Recalling “cherished days and well spent time!” Occurring through all the years with ideals sublime!” Hopefully, students and future generations will be inspired to embrace the unconquerable “Tornado Spirit” of achieving excellence that will elevate them to become successful contributing members of society. So...Congratulations Booker T. Washington Senior High School. This is your “Diamond” moment in time! Your excellent and enduring spirit will forever shine!

Happy Anniversary Tornadoes!

Sincerely,

Roberta C. Daniels, President Booker T. Washington Alumni Association, Inc.

Greetings from the Chairperson

To all former and present students, families, friends and associates of the Historic Booker T. Washington High School, it is a great pleasure and privilege to share this message with you. With humility, I accepted this prestigious opportunity as Chairperson of our “90th Year Anniversary Souvenir Journal.” I extend thanks to the BTW Alumni Association President, Mrs. Roberta Daniels, Class of 1963, for choosing me, and I am honored by the faith she has exhibited by choosing me to lead the work on the journal.

Special thanks goes out to the members of the souvenir journal commit tee, Ms. Marilyn Bellamy, Class of 1963; Mr. Lucius King, Class of 1967; Mr. William Parks, Class of 1967; Mr. George Storr, Class of 1960; and Mr. Ralph Williams, Class of 1965. Again, they are commended for their dedication, diligence, and hard work. Most importantly, during our research, conversations of discovery, decision - making, listening, and collaboration for this journal, we kept all Booker T. Washington Tornadoes in mind. Our intent was to create a page turner. Create a collage of powerful and inspirational images. Create memories and encourag enthusiasm as you journey through each page. Hopefully, when you finish, your soul would be invigorated through the journey of our storied history in pictures of the good ole school days of BTW through time from 1928 with the first graduating class to the millennial present.

For all who contributed to this endeavor outside of the committee as Chairperson, I give to all of you that without your contributions, this journal would not be possible. Finally, on behalf of the better late than never Class of 1968, we humbly, humbly thank the Booker T. Washington Alumni Association for considering and including us as the Class of 1968 on June, 2016. We proudly take our place in the annals of graduating classes from Booker T, Washington High School. Our graduation as Washingtonians was an exciting and a memorable day that we will never forget! Thank you…. In closing, I must say, let your heart, body, and soul travel through time in honor of our school, Booker T. Washington Senior High in Celebration of our 90 Years of history!

Janet Alphonso Brown , Chairperson Class of 1968

The Historical Journal Committee

Front Row L to R, Janet Alphonso Brown , (Class of 1968) Madeline Atwell, (Class of 1959)

Marilyn Bellamy, (Class of 1963)

Roberta Daniels, (Class of 1963 & Alumni President), Ralph Williams, (Class of 1965)

Back Row L to R, George Storr, (Class of 1960)

William Parks, (Class of 1967 & President of Athlete Club) & Lucius King, (Class of 1967)

“Not the largest, but the best”

Greetings and congratulations to the parents and guardians of this year’s seniors. In a blink, time has delivered you all at a plateau seen as a beginning rather than the end. Your accomplishments are reserved for individuals that have worked consistently toward goals that began in your freshman year.

As Tornadoes, you have amazed your parents, teammates, friends, teachers, classmates, and community. Your journey through the halls of Booker T. Washington has been amazing and is almost complete. Now as seniors, you approach where many Tornadoes have tread and then gone on to bigger, better, and brighter times. Enjoy and cherish the time you have left as a student and young adult.

From this point forward, you are a member of a larger family, forever. You now represent the pride and tradition from not the largest but the best public institution in Miami. Congratulations Class of 2018. May you shine in all avenues, ventures, and pursuits that you undertake. Be bold in the rest of your life as you have been as Tornadoes in Orange and Black and with that “Old Washington Spirit.”

from the Alumni Athlete Club President William S. Parks

Dear Booker T. Washington Senior High School

Congratulations on celebrating ninety years as Tornadoes. As the second oldest high school in South Florida, Booker T. Washington has been an institution for higher learning to many in the African-American community and it continues to excel as a gem in the City of Miami.

The contributions your alumni has made to the community is invaluable. I hope that you are proud of the work that we have and continue to do in the Historic Overtown community

I trust that you will continue to serve as an example of excellence for public education. While you are not the largest I know that you will continue to be the best.

Sincerely,

Keon Hardemon Chairman City of Miami Commission

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Booker T. Washington family on celebrating their 90th anniversary. This school has meant so much for so many people around the world. A 90th birthday is a very special occasion to celebrate. Our alumnus will no doubt remember this very important moment in their lives shared with this amazing school. Although many of our students comes from very challenging circumstances, the school has always been a source of inspira tion. Booker T. Washington High School graduate and world renown poet, Les Brown says, “shoot for the moon and if you miss, you will still be among the stars.”

Our students today share an invisible tie with all the graduates of the past 90 years and indeed those who will follow them. I am proud to be a part of a school community which has nurtured all its students. Affectionally called, “Washingtonians” our school’s graduates can be seen in all walks of life as they build strong families, engage in many fields and professions and made signifi cant contributions to our society, not just in Miami, but also in other parts of the world.

It is difficult to imagine what the world was like for the first students who entered Booker T. Washington 90 years ago. We can however be certain that their teachers and parents, just like now, would have dedicated themselves to developing the talents of their students, their critical thinking, and care and sensitivity for others less fortunate in the community. The great educator, and author Booker T. Washington once said, “few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.”

In those 90 years of existence, the world has changed dramatically in the ways in which African American children can participate in and contribute to society. The task of alumnus, parents, teachers, students and all stakeholders is to place education as the highest priority and to help young people discover their potential and a life-long love of learning. I wish Booker T. Washington the very best for its next 90 years. To the school community, I thank you for your fantastic effort in nurturing our young men and women in whom we trust the future of this great country.

Aristide, Principal Booker T. Washington Sr. High School

William

Early records of Dade County lists the Washington High School and Charles S. Thompson, Principal. He was a gradu ate of Peabody Norman in Memphis, Tennessee. When he quit to go into real estates H. R. Jenkins became the Principal. In 1914, Washington High School location was listed on the S. W. Corner of Orange and Avenue I. Robert W. Principal. In 1920 Theodore D. Dansby is listed as Principal;H. H. Hunter was listed as Principal of Washington School located on 12th Street and 4th Avenue; also on this site Southside Ward School and Mary Robinson, Principal.

Washington graded and high school with Lillie C. Evans, Principal was listed in the same year (1922) at 356 N. W. 9th Street.

In 1926, Dunbar High Public School was located at 505 N. W. 20th Street with E. J. Granberry listed as Principal.

Washington Public School was located at 400 N. W. 12th Street with L. C. Evans, Principal.

June 28 , 1926, The MIAMI NEWS (see METROPO LIS) --- published a story about the alleged “dynamiting” of the George Washington School for coloreds being built on Sixth Avenue and 12th Street. We assume that since very few white people, if any, knew about the outstanding work of Booker T. Washington and why the colored people referred to their school as Washington, that this was identified in error. Stories about the “bombing” and how the immedi ate community rallied to build fires and set up “watches” have been told and recorded. It is also a part of the history of the 6th Avenue Washington School that the 1926 Hurricane damaged the almost complete structure and prevented use. The eagle embossed upon the f ront of the building deno tes a 1.926 date .

While many students and teachers attest to moving into the Booker T. Washington School in February, 1927; the minutes of the Dade County School Board indicate

that March 1927 was the date of entry. This represents the “official” entry. The first public high school to provide a 12th grade education for black children in Dade County, opened in colored town, nearly thirty-one years after Miami became a city.

The original building was a masonry vernacular build ing with simple design with some classical details. The structure - comfortable, light, and airy with large windows arranged in groups. The school courtyard was a favorite meeting place for community groups. No other facility, pub lic or private, contained an auditorium and cafetorium of equal size. In addition, the court yard and landscaping made the area appropriate for large gatherings. Numerous cultural and state meetings were held there.

The March 1942 issue of Crisis magazine carried the following statement by a local observer: “ Dwarfing all oth er schools for Negroes in the county as to size and beauty of structure is Booker T. Washington High School whose smooth operation and outstanding beautification program under its principal, S. Meredith Moseley, is a credit to our system..... its history is replete with accounts of notable suc cess of a large per cent of its hundreds of graduates of com parable scholastic standards, of honors won in sta te and na tional oratorical and literary contests, of laurels attained by state championship teams in football and basketball, of pride with which medals and cups repeatedly won in state cham pionship teams in football and basketball; and, there is still pride in prizes won in state musical contests -- all displayed in the school’s trophy case.”

No place in greater Miami presented such a variety of cultural activities to the Negroes on a continuous as Booker T. Washington School.

In the 1940’s community needs propelled Booker T. into three related roles. First, weekly voter registration ral lies were held in the auditorium. Citizens countywide at tended these gatherings to’hear speakers extol the need for the listeners to register and vote.

In the environment of fear and uncertainty the school served as a meeting place for colored and white groups en gaged in interracial discussions.

Under the leadership of Miss Marie Delacie Roberts, Booker T. Washington became the first in the state of Florida to offer a Human Relations course.

Throughout the 1950’s and early 1960’s the school continued as the central focus of the community. Before the influx of the Cuban refugees, black Hispanic and Carribbean students attended Booker T. Because they were

dark skinned, they were not permitted to attend white schools. Early on, Sallie Richards of the Virgin Islands was elected by the student body to serve as Miss Booker T. Washington.

Principals who have served at the sixth avenue site include: E. J. Cranberry

Lillie C. Evans, James E. Espy Charles L. Austin S. Meredith Moseley, (1938-42)

Charles Leofric Williams, (1942-61)

Anthony E. Gardiner, (1961-64)

Nicholas H. Borota, (1964 -January 1969)

Joseph H. Anderson, (January 1969-February 1975) Stacey Wilkerson Jones, (1975-1981)

James Hunt was appointed July 1981

School Milestones

1926 first PIA - Parents organized vigil at new building.

1928 First 12th grade graduating class. First football game “Bill” Clark, star.

1921 First school patrol organized

1934 First A-Rated school for colored children in south Florida.

1940

Graduating class gave sidewalks, bird bath and fish pond in patio.

1941 School band organized

1943 Girl Senate organized; Loyal Buddies Club and MME Mana Zucca were honored for meritorious civic duty to the school.

1944 Organization of Orange and Black Chapter of Student Council and affiliated with National Association of Student Councils Chain link fence placed around the school.

1945 Future teachers of America Club established; newspaper staff re-activated. Adult classes and in-service training instituted.

1947

First Student Council School Supply Store opened an inter-com system was installed in offices and rooms; school newspaper become NSPA member; Student Council publishes first student handbook; Bill “Bojangles Robinson visits the school, donates $100, adopted as “mascot”. Rev. Louis A. Portlock, Sr., paints two murals on the walls of the school auditorium. These become the first ,paintings in the community for public viewing.

1948 The first three-class reunion year. Pearle Tate Jenkins, mathemetics instructor, wrote the words to the school song; tune‘of “Finlandin” by Sibelius. First class in Human Relations was organized by Miss Marie Roberts. Advisers Club formed to assist students interested in business. Charles D. Wyche, Jr., became acting Dean of Boys, as Oscar J. Edwards took a leave of absence, to do further study at Indiana University. Teachers were given financial help if they qualified, to attend out-of-state Universities; they were not accept at the white Universities in Florida. Allied Youth chartered.

1949

County-wide Student Council for colored schools was organized by Effie T. Sutton, Dean of girls the largest graduating class to date said farewell.

1951 Evaluation came to BTW via Southern Association of Secondary Schools. Mrs. Blance H. Dean called it “Eva” and this name caught on.

1952

Industrial building constructed - band and choral rooms on second floor; three shop rooms on the first floor.

1953

37 passenger bus was purchased by teachers/ students/parents; a student employment bureau was set up in the DCT room - Service was also extended to the community; the school gymnasium was built.

1954 Graduating class gives gym clock and scoreboard; first exchange students - seniors Alexa Freeman BTW and Alvin Bryant from Mays High. Stenogs organized; students in shops and home economics classes redecorated Principal and Secretary’s offices.

1955 Student Council holds Charles L. Williams’ ` give cool water fountains.

1956 BTW and PTA sponsored “Carmen Jones” featuring Muriel Rahn; School Patrol wins national AAA Championship in Washington, D.C.; Leroy Washington takes Over Drama classes; Sara Scott marries William Steward, president Edward Waters College. Mrs. W. H. Jamison becomes Dean of Girls; Miss Effie T. Sutton retires. A memorial garden was cultivated and planted and dedicated by the 1956 Class.

1957 Graduating class gives marquee for front of the building; Charles Wyche becomes principal of North Dade High; Re-evaluation comes to BTW by SASS, and named “Reeva” - a pageant given to extol successes since the last evaluation.

1958 School auditorium renovated; murals almost lost; Lewis R. Blake ‘28 had his art students restore the murals, following the renovation. (Dec.) Pepper’s Salvage & Junk Yard received six months order to vacate area, after years of pleas from PTA and leading citizens in community.

1959 New Annex - southside of school; new offices took rooms 114 and 115 of original complex.

1960 Barbara Williams becomes first black to win the Miami Herald “Silver Knight” - area of Speech and Drama.

1961 Charles Leofric Williams, principal for 19 years, retired in June, a week of activities and encomiums preceded his farewell.

1962 Julius Lee is a “Silver Knight” in Speech/ Drama; driver education classes held in the school auditorium. BTW Thespians chartered with National, becomes Troupe 2112.

1963 Choral Society under direction of Mrs. Leila L. Williams Published and sold an album... Mr. Linton Berrien assisted with the instrumental music.

1964 Thespians make del Tinney movie on Key Biscayne and other Dade sites starring Reginald Burton and others; office space was built on the south side of the gymnasiums where it is now located.

1965

1966 Several members of the class offered scholarships to Predominately White State Universities in an attempt to help integrate the university system: Paulette Martin, Cecilia Lawrence, Anita McGruder, Cathia Darling**

1967 Last senior graduating class. grades 7,8,9 all black students began in September.

1968 BTW becomes junior high oriented; fewer clubs; teacher integration. Many records, awards, etc., were lost.

1970 BTW became a 9th grade center, only. It was paired with ada Merrit (7th grade) and Citrus Grove (8th grade). Students of other ethnic cultures were bussed in to the school in large numbers.

1977 State survey sounds, “end” for ‘Ole BTW’. Save Booker T. efforts.

1979 Ada Merritt Junior High School was closed and students were transferred to BTW for the 197980 school year. Many of the Ada M. teachers became part of the BTW faculty. BTW becomes full junior high, again.

1981 “Save Booker T.” rally begins, again.

1982 Graduates of BTW meet before the Dade County Board of Public Schools on behave of “Saving Booker T.” Supt. Leonard Britton appoints an Ad Hoc Committee to work out details for construction of a new Booker T. Washington School.

1984 Ad Hoc Committee report accepted.

1985 Bids let -- Litigation; set-asides and contracts.

1986 July 23 3-W hired, building of new Booker T. Washington School complex begins...Official ground-breaking.

Reginald Burton wins Silver Knight Award* Willie Williams played in the NBA for the Boston Celtics*

William J. Stirrup Director of Student Activities & Athletic Director

What a Grand Ole Time we use to have back in-the-day when we (Blacks) had our own nightclubs.

Some of my most memorable experiences where dressing up and going to see Jackie Wilson at the Harlem Square Club and going to the Sir John to see Duke Ellington and his band. Yes, we did have a good time backin-the-day! And speaking of the Avenues, 2nd Avenue was the “Avenue”.

Allen Nicholson

As a young girl, I remember listening to my aunts and uncles telling their stories to one another about the fabulous

the

Overtown

Classic Parade, the game and events they attended during the Classic Weekend. I remembered thinking they seemed to have had some awesome good times.

I attended my 1st Classic Game along with two of my girlfriends. It was just AWESOME. Everyone was dressedto-kill! It was an event where you dressed-to-impressed. We were too young to hit the night club scenes, so we would just walk by the clubs to see who we could see. That was just too COOL.

Janet

Brown

from OverTown!!

I remembered on Fellowship Day: Carver, Dorsey, and Booker T. Senior High Schools we would all march down N.W. 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue in our cap and gown about a week prior to graduation. Each year schools would alternate location. Those were the Good Ole Days.

Delores Brown

I remembered my pops, Officer Amos H. Brooks riding his Trusty Horse, “SILVER”. Pops was the First Black Police, Mounted Officer in our community. Silver left a lasting impression on the streets. Hugh mounds of you know what, that perfumed our air. Those were the good ole days.

Joan Brooks

Around age 7, my mother and I boarded a Streetcar at 3rd Avenue and 19th Street. The driver thinking my mother was white, asked who was the little girl with? Due the obvious contrast of my complexion, my mother answered that I was with her. The driver instructed us to move to the back of the bus for seating. That was an experience I will never forget….

Francenia Lewis Robinson

Fond memories of my life in Overtown:

Being a proud member of the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes Pep Team - 1965 thru 1967.

Going to the teenage matinees at the Island Club. Attending Booker T. dances in the gymnasium after football and basket ball games.

Seeing my uncle Dave Prater of “Sam and Dave” sing live on stage for the first time.

YAHOOOOOO!

Linda Cooks-Taylor

The “Shop Boys” Sugar Shaw a “Shop Boy” ~ FABULOUS DRESSER Clifton J. Taylor

I remember when we would get dressed-up and walk down 3rd Avenue to 7th Street and then to 2nd Avenue to be with the crowd. If we didn’t have any money to go to the dances we would take the street car and ride downtown FREE, but had to walk back home. We walked everywhere.

Effie R. Fortson

I remember the “Harlem Theater.” The price was ten cents for children ten years old and under. I paid ten cents until I was in the twelfth grade.

James Reed

If you were a girl of 16 years of age, you do not go into a night club, namely the “Sir John Lounge,” because you just might run into you father, who will then whistle for a taxi to take you back home with the promise that he will see you later. The rest is HISTORY!

Phillis

Smith

Jodnauth

I really enjoyed watching the customers eat at “Nasty Man’s restaurant. Wow!, those were the biggest pig ears and sweet pota toes I’ve seen in my life. And don’t forget the amazing Capital Theater with those magnificent “Talent Shows.”

Cora L. White

Everyone dressed up for the famous “Classic.” Ladies wearing their fur coats, men in Zoot suits, and Spec shoes and gloves. People were coming from everywhere for this wonderful occasion.

Delores Davis Hills

We always looked forward to the Lodges turning out on Sundays for Mother’s Day, Easter, and or for some big Bahamian funeral. The Oliver Cornet or St. Agnes’

BTW Marching Band with Mr Savage down 2nd Ave

bands would play some lively tunes and the participants would stay in step. Of course, Melvin would bring up the rear. The little children would be afraid of the drum majors with their large feathered hats, and very stern looks. One of those fearful looking drum majors was Mr. Uriah Taylor.

Franklin Clark

What I remembered about OverTown known as the “Gold en Ghetto,” is the Fabulous Florida Classic Parade down 3rd Avenue, FAMU’s “Marching 100s and Booker T. Wash ington Senior High School doing their Thang. They were the pinnacle of the Parade.

Gail Strachan-Moses

The Night Life in OverTown was awesome. Wednesday nights the Mary Elizabeth Hotel and Lounge held their Burmuda Shorts Contest; the Night Beat held their Limbo Contest and Hot Poppa Turner’s Family Shows, and their Sunday evenings-Matinees. Mr. Clyde Killens had the best Talent Shows and Contests in town.

I remember celebrities after performing on Miami Beach were not allowed to stay on the Beach, but would come in OverTown to stay and performed for us, free-of-

charge. To name a few; Jerry Butler, Roy Hamilton, Frankie Lymon, and Jackie Wilson.

Oh, and don’t forget the fabulous, Orange Blossom Classic, you saw everyone out-on-the-town! OverTown was the place to be for Entertainment. Remember Phil Harris? His famous saying was, “I Love the Life I Live and I’m gonna Live it till I Die! ...

Betty Elizabeth Blue

For two years, I was the Center Director of the Culmer Neighborhood Center. It was a cool place to work.

Oscie Fryer

I remember listening to my aunt’s talking and laughing about their good times when going to the Café Society and to the Florida Classic Games.

Betty Jean Comartie-Robinson

I remember my Siblings and I would get up early to get dressed to go watch the Florida Classic Parade. We would go by and pick up our friends on the way and we would walk from 5th Avenue to 3rd Avenue having a good ole time, swish’n and mix’n. During that time the saying was…“dress to kill.”

I often wondered if the Florida Classic Parade would ever come back to 3rd avenue?

Essie Green-Swann

When we were youngsters Clyde Killens hired a driver to travel throughout Overtown loading up kids on a flatbed truck to take us to the Goulds and Perrine communities to deliver flyers. The flyers advertised the acts that were performing at the Sir John Night Beat and Harlem Square Night Clubs.

Ralph Williams

By Marian R. Shannon

When Charles L. Williams came to Miami, in 1942, he made a phenomenal impact upon the Washington Heights community in the “magic city”, Miami. For nineteen years, he gave a full measure of devotion to his work as the principal of Booker T. Wash ington Junior-Senior High School; to his civic responsibility; to his frater nal affiliation, and especially to the enhancement of cultural and social groups within the school and commu nity.

Nineteen years after his death, June 7, 1970, his legacy is still reflected in the many lives with whom he came in contact and helped to become contributing members of this community and elsewhere.

His wide range of interests and participation attests to his ability not only as an educator but also as a dedi cated humanitarian whose influence continues to bring residual benefits through the lives he touched in Dade

Unforgettable Man

County. The film “Lean On Me”, about principal Clark and his method of securing discipline, helps one to recall “Prof” Williams and his many methods of getting your attention. There were many times when every one had to be embarrassed to “calm” the few who were unbelievers; but, the

Charles L. Williams Principal

other ones made you proud. Especial ly so if you were sponsoring a club or like the newspaper staff and wherever you went, the discipline and demeanor of the students received compliments from everyone. Many educators at Bethune-Cookman, FAMU (FAMC, too), Lincoln University, and Atlanta schools set out to recruit Charles L’s students for their schools. Booker T. was the training ground for teach ers, leaders, and administrators, and the graduation exercises were always placed high on community calendars - you knew you would see something special at a Booker T. commencement. General accomplishments in clude the creation of an atmosphere of teamwork. BEAUTIFICATION and CLEANLINESS became the passwords. Excellence in educational performance and dignified “showman ship” was evident in the myriad of

activities of the school. The school became a stage for “culturally deprived and less advan taged”. There was a re ception for all parents and patrons with a host and hostess to welcome them. Students built stage props and a parent painted murals on walls. Girls in home economics made draperies and assist ed in building a cyclorama to enhance the auditorium stage and learned to pre pare simple, as well as, exotic menus. Many saw the publication of student, teacher, and P.T.A. hand books, and award-winning school newspaper and a yearbook. Seminars were held for students for on-the-job training. Charles L. encouraged teachers to be creative, progressive and innovative. He instituted the program of teacher counseling in the late 40’s and gradually sold the program to the country. Teacher as sistants (FTA) helped to ease the job of paper work for the teacher. Teacher workshops were established through Negro (black) colleges because Negroes could not attend the other schools. He encouraged the Univer sity of Miami to offer courses in the evenings at Booker T. He re-organized departments according to subject mat ter and placed teachers within close proximity of each other.

He encouraged further study and development of proficiency. His staff was in such demand for promotions that he often found himself without

“his legacy is still reflected in the many lives with whom he came in contact”

a full faculty as he could always find that “talent” each individual pos sessed, and so could others.

He would hire you, give you assistance and confidence!

A few firsts to be remembered - student participation in “School on the Air”- CBS; winners in TB Essay contests, Free Press essay, and Declamation contests; Negro History Week pageantry, speakers, plays, post er displays, quiz programs, and scrape book projects on heritage awareness. Courses in Latin American History and Human Relations, the latter started by Marie Delacie Roberts who received the first degree in Human Relations in the South. Vegetable garden projects were begun. Nurs ery school was established by Elaine Johnson Adderley for the purposes of training girls in the art of child care and as an aid to working mothers. An institutional foods course was begun to train boys and girls to become chefs and prepare foods for large groups. He opened the school library in the late evenings for the students to study and offered incentives to outstanding readers.

Creative writing and journalism classes were emphasized. BTW Press received the Freedom Foundation Medal of Honor. He bought a bus .... and fenced everyone in! Student life with “Prof’ at the

helm of the school abounded with ac tivities and clubs - Quill & Scroll, Bible Society, Future Teachers of America, Allied Youth, New Homemakers, Girls’ Senate, Boys’ Congress, Future Nurses of America, Boy and Girl Counselors, Host and Hostesses and many class related groups. An outstanding

Scholar. In 1943, Pearlie Tate Jen kins, a member of the Class of 1928 and a brilliant mathematician on the faculty, wrote the words to the school song and “Prof” sang it to the tune of “Finlandia” so that everyone would know exactly how it was to be sung!

Williams Silver Knight Award Winner

Student Council was organized by Effie Tula Sutton, Dean of the Girls and was affiliated on the National level before it was common place for such. She was also the catalyst in the organization of most groups, including the Honor Society.

Seniors set up the first memo rial garden, landscaped in memory of classmates and teachers who had died. Each Memorial Day, a special activ ity was planned. There was a schoolwide intercommunication system and students were trained to open the school day, deliver announcements, etc.

The award-winning school Patrol won national honors in the AAA Competition in Washing ton, D.C. Booker T. had the first Miami Herald Silver Knights - Barbara Williams and Julius Lee. Willette Murrell was the first PEPSI COLA

He started the exchange program with Dade County black schools and started the first senior class fellowship Day (black schools shared this special event during graduation activities). A school clinic was opened with the idea of caring for first aid was established

In 1952, spearheaded by Effie T. Sutton, the school celebrated Charles L. Williams Day, sponsored by the Student Council.

He retired in June 1961. He died at Methodist Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He had served all of his adult life in activities focused on young people.

Barbara

Julius Lee Silver Knight Award Winner & Mr. Leroy Washington Drama Teacher

Joe Lang Kershaw

BTW Class of 1930

Joe Lang Kershaw, Sr. was born (June 27, 1911 in Live Oaks Florida and passed away at the age of 88 years old on November 7, 1999. He was an American politi cian, civics teacher, and a graduate of Booker T. Washington Jr.-Sr. High School in 1930 and a graduate of Florida A&M University. The first African-American legislator in the state of Florida after Reconstruction, he was elected in November 1968 to serve in the Florida House of Repre sentatives for Dade County and con tinued to serve for 14 years until 1982. He died of congestive heart failure at a hospital in 1999. His son, Joe Lang Kershaw, Jr. also served in the House of Representatives.

He taught Physical educa tion and coached track at Booker T. Washington.

Kershaw served as chairman of the Elections Committee, work ing to increase public participation in the elections process statewide, and also introduced legislation that would lead to the formation of the Florida Human Rights Commission. Kershaw was known by his colleagues as “Cane Pole,” be cause he fought to ex clude cane pole fish ing, which was pre dominantly practiced by poor African Americans throughout Florida, from the statewide fishing license tax, which he succeeded in doing in 1976.

Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 105th district In office 1968–1982

Personal details

Born June 27, 1911

Live Oak, Florida

Died November 7, 1999 (aged 88) Miami, Florida

Political party Democratic Spouse(s)

Jo Barron

Alma mater Florida A&M University

Terri

M. Athalie Range

BTW Class of 1934

Mary Athalie Wilkinson was born in Key West, Florida on November 7, 1915. Her grandparents had all been immigrants from the Bahamas. When Athalie was five or six years old, the Wilkinson family moved to Miami. Athalie Wilkinson graduated from all-black Booker T. Washington High School in Overtown, Miami. She married Oscar Lee Range in 1937 and had 4 children Myrna, Patrick, Oscar, and Gary. During this period, the Ranges lived in the Liberty Square Housing Project. During World War II Athalie Range found work cleaning trash from railroad cars.

In 1953, Oscar Range became a certified funeral direc tor and opened the Range Funeral Home in the Liberty City neighbor hood in Miami. Oscar Range died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 1960. Athalie Range then en rolled in the New England Insti tute of Anatomy and Embalming and obtained her funeral director certification so that she could oper ate the family business. The Range Funeral Homes eventually expand ed to three locations, and Athalie Range continued to work in the business the rest of her life.

In 1948, Athalie Range be came President of the Parent Teacher Association at her children’s school, Liberty City Elementary. The school had 1200 students and consisted of all portable classrooms, with no per manent buildings. There were only some twelve toilets each for boys and for girls. The only drinking fountains were outside, fed by pipes laid on top of ground so that the water was usually too hot to drink. There were no trees or grassy areas on the school grounds and no lunch room. Liberty City Elemen tary was one of the few schools in the (county-wide) school district holding two half-day sessions.

In 1965, Alice Wainwright, who was the first woman to serve on the Miami City Commission, decided to not seek re-election. Athalie Range became a candidate for the vacant seat, the first African-American to run for the City Commission. She won a plu rality in the primary election, although not a majority. In the runoff election, Range’s opponent, a white man named Irwin Christie, sent a sound truck through white neighborhoods the day

before the election broadcasting the message that if the white people did not get out and vote, they would have a black woman making laws for them. Athalie Range would later say, “His campaign decided to play the race card, which took me out of conten tion.” Many black voters had been allowed to take time off from work to vote in the primary, but were not allowed to do so for the runoff. Range lost the runoff, receiving about 17,000 votes, while Christie received about 18,000. Christie later apologized to Range for the way he had run his cam paign, and she accepted the apology.

In 1966 one of the city commis sioners resigned his seat, possibly with the encouragement of Miami Mayor Robert King High. High was running for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of Florida at the time. He appointed Athalie Range to fill the unexpired term of the commissioner who had resigned. In 1967 and again in 1969, Athalie Range was reelected to the City commission. While on the commission, Range sought to have garbage collection improved in black neighborhoods, which sometimes went three weeks between garbage pickups, while white neighborhoods got twice a week pickups. After a vote on her proposed ordinance to equal ize garbage service was twice post poned, Range had her neighbors bring bags of garbage to the commission meeting and dump them on the com missioners’ desks. After that, the or dinance was passed. She also pressed for tighter gun controls but was able to get only part of what she wanted. After a fire caused by a kerosene heat er killed eleven people in a house in a black neighborhood, Range led an effort to have such heaters banned in Miami.Range approached City Manager Melvin Reese about having

an African-American police officer assigned to motorcycle patrol. When Reese resisted, Range made a deal with Mayor High; her vote for buying the land for the proposed Alice Wainwright Park in exchange for an African-American motorcycle patrolman. The first African-American motorcycle patrolman in Miami was Robert Ingraham, who later became Chief of Police and then Mayor of Opa-locka, Florida

When asked about her accom plishments in office, Range said, “There were so many inequities in those days that you could just reach out and pick something and change it.”

In 1971, newly elected Florida Governor Reubin Askew appointed Athalie Range as Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs. She became the first African-Ameri can since Reconstruction and the first woman ever to head a state agency in Florida. As Secretary, she managed a department with 200 employees and a US$5.2 million annual budget. She remained in the position until 1973.

In 1989, Athalie Range was once again appointed to fill a va cancy on the Miami City Commis sion. Athalie Range was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2004, she was still help ing run the family funeral homes, and was serving as Chairman of the Virginia Key Beach Project, which was established to preserve the Virginia Key Beach Park, once the only public beach in Dade County open to African-Americans.

Athalie Range Park and the Athalie Range Olympic Swimming Complex are named after her. Athalie Range died November 14, 2006 in Miami at the age of 91.

Garth C. Reeves

BTW Class of 1936

40 Booker T. Washington Senior High School 90th Anniversary

Garth C. Reeves, publish er emeritus of The Miami Times, moved to Miami, Florida with his family four months after his birth in Nassau, Bahamas on February 12, 1919.

Mr. Reeves graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1936 and earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical arts from Florida A & M University in 1940. Reeves spent 46 months as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War II serving in the European and Pacific Theatres of Operations.

After the war, Mr. Reeves returned to Miami to work with his father at The Miami Times. He has served as reporter, columnist, manag ing editor, and publisher. He also man aged the commercial printing depart ment of The Times.

Mr. Reeves used his newspaper as the Black community’s voice in the Civil Rights struggle. The Times editorials have questioned the han dling of police brutality cases, ineq uities in municipal services, funding desegregation of public schools and the segregation policies of public

His community involvement has not been limited to publishing the Miami Times. In 1959, Rev. Theodore Gibson, Dr. John O. Alphonso Brown and Mr. Reeves led a group of Blacks armed with their tax bills to a confrontation with Dade County commissioners to protest the county’s segregationist policies on public beaches. Ignoring a line of police officers, Mr. Reeves and Oscar Range went swimming at the “ white only” Crandon Park beach. Blacks have been swimming at all Dade County beaches ever since.

Mr. Reeves broke the color barrier in many of Miami’s white

establishments, becoming the first black to serve on the governing boards of Miami-Dade Community College, Barry University, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Dade County, Dade Commu nity Foundation, and other prominent community organizations.

Mr. Reeves has a variety of pro fessional experiences. He served as organizing chairman of the board for National Industrial Bank, the first inte grated bank in the state. He was presi dent of the bank in 1971 and became

of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. He was chairman of the board of the People National Bank for eight years.

Mr. Reeves was married to the late Beatrice Burrows. He is the father of Rachel J. Reeves, publisher of The Miami Times. He is the grandfather of Garth Basil Reeves and brother of Frances Jollivette Chambers.

vice chairman in 1976 when it was merged into Capital Bank of Miami. In 1977 and 1978, Mr. Reeves served as a Pulitzer Journalist Juror.

Mr. Reeves served ten years as president of Amalgamated Publish ers of New York City representing 110 Black newspapers throughout the country. He served two terms as president of the National Newspa per Publishers Association. He is a life member of the NAACP, Sigma Pi Phi Boule and Omega Psi Phi fraternities and a founding member

Among his honors and awards are the following: Garth C. Reeves Eminent Scholars Chair in Journalism and Graphic Arts at Florida A&M University, Urban League of Miami Distin guished Service Award, Greater Miami Chapter American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award, Nova Southeastern Univer sity Hall of Fame, National Kool Achiever Award in Communica tions, South Florida Business Hall of Fame, Miami Herald Spirit of Excellence Award, Boy Scouts of America Whitney Young Jr. Service Award and NNPA Publisher of the year three times.

Roderick “Monk” Silva

BTW Class of 1936

By Austin Miller Times Staff Writer

With his slender frame, one foot firmly planted on the floor, and the other rest ing on a pillow supported by two huge cushions, it’s hard to imagine that Roderick Silva played football. But, he did.

In 1931, weighing only 127 pounds, Silva was one of the star play

ers on Booker T. Washington`s foot ball team.

“I played center and back in those days,” the 86-year-old Silva explained, “ I never played around.”

As the first Black player named in 1931 to the all-Florida first team from famed Booker T. Washington High School, one former student de scribed Silva as a `ferocious ball play er who attacked the opposing players gallantly.”

Silva recalls Booker T. glory days

“Believe me, be was a helluva player, one of the greatest centers Booker T. Washington has ever pro duced,” said Miami Times Publisher Emeritus Garth Reeves.

“Though boys back then were not as bulky as today, Silva played his position very well.”

“Weight was not a issue as it is today,” Silva recalled during an inter view this week at his home on NW 86th Terrace.

“In those days, if you had heart, you survived... if not, then you fall by the wayside. Nowadays, I notice you have two separate teams... one for offense and one for defense. With us, we played on both sides, offense and defense.”

Because of his talent, Silva became a fixture on the first team, . staying with the squad for four years in a row.

“A fellow teammate, George Dean, made the second team, and we’re the only two Blacks on the team. To me, Dean was the fastest lineman in the state.”

Born on Aug. 29, 1912, at 5th Street and Avenue G -- now 3rd Avenue - Silva was a multi-sport athlete from a young age.

“At Booker T, I was captain of the track, basketball, and football teams. I wanted those responsibilities because I felt that it built courage and toughness.”

As early as January, Silva would gather eight to 10 of his teammates and practice drills and design plays from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. without taking breaks.

“It was paramount that me and the boys did this because we’re getting pounded by Harvard Academy, among

other schools,” he said. “We had to stop those schools from beating us, one way or an other. And the only way to do that was to start to train earlier than anyone else. So when training started in the summer, we’re already fit and ready to go.”

According to Silva, while he attended Booker T. Washington, they never lost to Harvard Academy again. During its glory years, Booker T., led by Silva, defeated two college teams, Bethune-Cookman and Florida Memorial.

“Those 17 laps around Dorsey Park and dedication paid off in the end,” Silva said. “Apart from mak ing all-state four years in succession, I have to say that beating two col lege teams have to be rated as a great achievement for me and the boys.”

Left-guard Benny O’Berry, who played two years with Silva, remem bered those days.

“A very good player who was not gifted in the weight department, but gifted in playing ball,” said O`Berry. “He deserves a lot of credit for leading us, the way he did.”

Silva, who. was twice married, retired from the City of Miami after 47 years. His last job was a coordinator in the Department of Recreation.

In recent years, his health has failed him.

“The doctors amputated my leg as you can see because of an ingrown toenail, “Silva said as he pointed to the spot his leg was removed approxi mately 6 inches below the knee. “And now with diabetes, it’s even tougher. But what else can I do,” he said look ing at the walls filled with plaques, commendations, and certificates.

These days Silva spends time reminiscing with his old buddies on 18th Avenue, and he also is a fan of the “Jerry Springer Show.”

“If I ask someone to take me somewhere, they tell me that they’re too busy. I do not travel anymore because of my leg. I’m scared to go on a plane with one leg. Suppose some thing happens,” he says, with both hands stretched out, “Who’s going to help me?”

Roderick Silva (center) with the Booker T. Washington football team

A Glimpse at My Professional Career

Whittington B. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Senior Warden Emeritus, was born in Miami, Florida on April 29, 1931 to Joseph B. Johnson of Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera and Lucille Johnson, of Matthew Town, inagua, Bahamas Islands. He received his early educa tion in Miami, attending Saint Agnes’ Kindergar ten, Dunbar Elementary School, and Booker T. Washington High School, graduating from the latter in 1949.

After high school gradu ation, Dr. Johnson en rolled at West Virginia State College (now West Virginia State University) where he ma jored in history, graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Upon complet ing his tour of duty in May, 1955 at the rank of a first lieutenant, he was honorably discharged from the United States Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he was stationed with the 11th Airborne Division (now the 101 Airborne Division). He then continued his ed ucation at Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune Cookman University) to become cer tified to teach social studies before attend ing graduate school at Indiana University and earning a Master of Arts For Teachers Degree (MAT) in 1957. A decade later (1967), he enrolled in the doctoral program at the Univer sity of Georgia and was awarded the Ph.D. in history (1970).

Dr. Johnson’s career in higher education in cludes stints at Edward Waters College (1957-62),

Savannah State College (now Savannah State Uni versity) from 1962-67, and the University of Miami (197O-2OO2). He retired from the latter on May 15, 2002 after completing forty-five years of teaching and contrib uting to the corpus of knowledge by writing history works based upon primary research.

The first African American hired in a tenure-earn ing position by the University of Miami, Dr. Johnson taught American and African American his tory courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He was Director of the African American Studies Center and chaired the History Department several times during his thirty-two years there.

Dr. Johnson is the husband of Imogene Johnson (long time guidance counselor at Miami Palmetto Senior High School before retiring in June 2004); the father of Toni L. Thomas (Nigel), Traci-Liegh Curran (Shannon), and Todd L. Johnson, and the grandfather of Jasmine M. and Cameron Johnson, Noah, Sydney, and Sophia Thomas,

By Dr. Whittington B. Johnson

Imogene Johnson and Historian Dr. Whittington Johnson

Dr. Whittington B. Johnson | BTW Classs of 1949

First tenured black faculty at the University of Miami

Judge John D. Johnson

2nd Black Judge in Florida

BTW Class of 1931

Judge John D. Johnson, one of seven Children born to Bahamian immigrants Samuel D. and Ida Ellen Johnson, has a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia and a Juris Doctorate from Howard University, Washington D.C. While at West Virginia, Johnson was president of the Historical Society, staff member of the school newspaper, and member of the varsity debate team, where he debated against Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. While at Howard, he was a mem ber of the American Law Student Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

When he returned to Miami in 1946, Johnson and G.E. Graves opened a law practice. During the years of segregation, he worked on many civil rights cases that helped to break the barriers of segregation in education, recreation, and transportation. Some of these cases were argued before the State Supreme Court. During his long practice, he was threatened with death, jail, and contempt of court.

Johnson participated in the planning and construction of the original Miami Northwestern Senior High School; the setting up of Dade County’s Food Stamp Program; the development of the Miami Plan; the establishment of the Family Health Clinic; the golf court case of Rice vs.

Arnold which resulted in Blacks being ad mitted to The Miami Springs Golf Club, and was involved in the case which al lowed Blacks to sit in the Orange Bowl, Jan uary 1, 1949. Judge Johnson also partici pated in the planning and establishment of the Model Cities Legal Services Pro gram; won cases that prohibited liquor stores in Alphonso Brown sville; helped defeat the County’s Housing Authority from putting proj ects next to single family homes in Black areas; joined G.E. Graves and Frank Reeves, a Washington D.C. lawyer (and first cousin to Garth Reeves) in defeating the Johns Committee which tried to outlaw the NAACP in Florida and tried unsuccessfully to jail Father Theodore Gibson and Reverend Edward T. Graham.

His family symbolizes the American dream. His brothers are the late Dr. S. H. Johnson, radiologist; the late Fred Johnson, teacher and accountant; Dr. James Kenneth Johnson, internist; and sisters Roberta Thompson, retired teacher, the late Elaine Adderly and Dorothy McKeller, teachers. He is the uncle of Judge A. Leo Adderly, a County Judge, and Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Founder and Chief Archivist of the Black Archives Foundation, Inc. His wife is the late Johnalie Johnson, a teacher.

By Dorothy Jenkins Fields

Judge Johnson is a charter member of the Church of the Open Door, where he served as a member of the Board of Trustees. The Black community of Miami-Dade County owes much to Judge John D. Johnson for his benevolence and service.

Judge Johnson (behind desk); left to right; Garth Reeves, Miami Times editor, Thurgood Marshall (1st black judge on the U.S. Supreme & than chief counsel for the NAACP & Atty. G. E. Graves

Esther Rolle

BTW Class of 1940

Esther Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was the tenth of 18 children (children who included siblings and fellow actresses Estelle Evans and Rosanna Carter). Rolle graduated from Booker T. Washington Jr - Sr. High School in Miami, Florida. She initial ly studied at Spelman College in Atlanta before moving to New York City. While in New York, she attended Hunter College before transferring to The New School and then Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. For many years, Rolle worked in a traditional day job in New York City’s garment district.

Rolle was a member of Asadata Dafora’s dance troupe, Shogolo Oloba (later renamed the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe). She became the troupe’s director in 1960. Rolle’s earliest roles were on the stage;

her New York stage debut was in the 1962 play The Blacks. She was often cast in plays produced by Robert Hooks and the Negro Ensemble Company. She also appeared in productions of The Crucible and Blues for Mr. Charlie. Rolle’s most prominent early role was as

Booker T. Washington Senior High

Miss Maybell in the 1973 Melvin Van Peebles play, Don’t Play Us Cheap. In 1977, Rolle portrayed Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles’ Haitian-influenced version at the Henry Street New Fed eral Theater in Manhattan.

Rolle is best known for her tele vision role as Florida Evans, the char acter she played on two 1970s sit coms. The character was introduced as Maude Findlay’s housekeeper on Maude and was spun off in the show’s second season into Good Times, a show about Florida’s family. Rolle was nominated in 1975 for the Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Golden Globe Award for her role in Good Times. Rolle was 19 years older than the actor (John Amos) who played her hus band James Evans. The James Evans character was only added after Esther Rolle fought hard for a father figure and husband to be added to the show. Rolle had fought for the father charac ter on the show, more relevant themes, and scripts and was unhappy when the

success of Jimmie Walker’s character, J.J. Evans, took the show in a frivo lous direction. John Amos agreed with Rolle about Walker’s character and was fired from the show after the third season ended. Later on, in a stand-off with Good Times producer Norman Lear, Rolle also quit when her contract ended. Although the show continued without her for the fifth season, she returned for the show’s final season. In 1979 she won an Emmy for her role in Summer of My German Soldier, a made-for-television movie.

Among her guest star roles was one on The Incredible Hulk in an episode entitled “Behind the Wheel” where she played a taxicab business owner. In the 1990s, Rolle was a sur prise guest on RuPaul’s VH-1 talk show. Her Maude co-star Bea Arthur was the guest, and Rolle was brought out to surprise Arthur. The two had not seen each other in years, Arthur said, and embraced warmly. Rolle also appeared in a series of psychic hot line TV commercials in the 1990s. “Tell them Esther sent you,” was her trademark line. Rolle released an album of music titled The Garden of My Mind in 1975. Rolle’s first screen appear ance is a small, uncredited role in To Kill a Mocking bird (1962), and she later appeared in Gordon Parks’ The Learning Tree (1969). Her sister, actress Estelle Evans, appeared in both films as well. Esther Rolle appeared early in her career in the film, Nothing But a Man (1964). After Good Times ended, she appeared in a number of made-for-television movies and films, including Driving

Miss Daisy and My Fellow Americans. A memorable role was that of Aunt Sarah in the film Rosewood (1997). She had a major role in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings based on Maya Angelou’s memoir of the same name, and has the distinction of having won the first Emmy Award for the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, in 1979 for her work in the television movie Summer of My German Soldier. She is also credited for her role in the film, The Mighty Quinn (1989), starring Denzel Washington and Sheryl Lee Ralph and featuring Robert Townsend. Her last film, Train Ride was released in 2000 despite being filmed in 1998.

Rolle’s only marriage was to Oscar Robinson. The two were mar ried from 1955–1975. They had no children.

Her early film work included Nothing But a Man (1964) and Don’t Play Us Cheap (1972). While doing the latter production, as well as her recurring role as Sadie Gray in the daytime television drama One Life to Live, producer Norman Lear asked her to audition for the role in Maude. Rolle’s most unusual role was that of Stagecoach Mary in the 1974 Public Television Documentary series, South By Northwest.

Rolle died on November 17, 1998 in Culver City, California, from complications of diabetes, nine days after her 78th birthday. Her body was flown back to her hometown of Pompano Beach, Florida. A devout member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rolle requested that her funeral be held at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is buried in Westview Community Cemetery in Pompano Beach.

Eugenia B. Thomas

BTW Class of 1940

Mrs. Eugenia B. Thomas has been honored through the naming of the Eugenia B. Thomas K. 8 Center in the City of Doral, Florida.

Her commitment to education, children and our community has earned her many accolades and awards but her desire and deter mination to improve our society and address the issues that concern our children is what truly makes her an icon in our community.

Beginnings

Eugenia B. Thomas was born on November 24, 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia and came to Miami in 1929 where she was adopted by the Bell family. Mr. Bell was a horticultur ist and a prominent Deacon in Dade County and Sarah Bell was his wife. She attended Booker T. Washington High School where she graduated class valedictorian in 1940.

Education and Career

After graduating from high school, with high achieving academic records, she attended Florida Memorial

T. Washington Senior

University where she also graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude) in 1945. She then graduated from Biscayne Development Execu tives and Fordham School of Public Speaking.

Mrs. Thomas worked as a Dade County administrator and later as a legal secretary for many years. She assisted Gwendolyn Cherry in opening the first Dade County offices of the Legal Services Department.

Mrs. Thomas continued to work in various departments for almost 30 years until 1966 when she retired. She was selected as the state’s first African American woman president of the Florida Parent Teacher Association from 1988 -1990.

Family Life

The happiest time of her life was dur ing her marriage to a gentleman named Lawson E. Thomas; they married on December 26, 1953.

Her hus band was the first African American judge in the south since Recon struction. He was very in fluential in the African Ameri

can community and did a lot of work during the Civil Rights Movement as a pioneer in Miami’s African American community.

The late Judge Lawson E. Thomas and Mrs. Eugenia B. Thomas have made solid imprints in Miami’s history. He helped lead the fight to equalize salaries for black and white teachers and was instru mental in foregoing a com promise between protests and county government over the lack of blacks to serve on local juries. Judge Thomas’ contribution to his community and profession is recognized daily in the Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center in Downtown Miami.

Awards

As a tribute to his parents, John Thomas, Director of Legislative Poli cies for the Florida League of Cities in Tallahassee, created the Lawson E. and Eugenia B. Thomas Advocacy Fund.

This charitable fund will con tinue the family’s tradition of giving, civic engagement and community ad vocacy.

Throughout her lifelong dedica tion and excellence to community ser vice, Mrs. Thomas has been honored with many awards.

The following are just some of the numerous awards she has received:

• Sarah Blocker Meritorious Service Award

Florida Memorial University, March 18, 2005

• The Black Archives

2005 Pioneer Family of Miami

• City of Doral: Eugenia B. Thomas Day

November 24, 2003

• Miami-Dade County AfricanAmerican Honoree

Bellsouth, February 2000

• Distinguished Service Citation, The Rotary Club of Doral

December 16, 2005

• The Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Humanitarian Award in Health & Welfare

1989

• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Beta Tu Zeta Chapter Outstanding Achievement as Florida PTA President 1988

• Sigma Alpha Chapter Omega Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Citizen of the Year 1987

• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Beta Tu Zeta Chapter Minority Woman of the Year 1984

• Alpha Chi Sorority for 25 years of Service 1970

• Rotary Club of Doral

Most Influential VIP 2006 Legacy

Mrs. Eugenia B. Thomas’ dedica tion and community work has been honored through the naming of the Eugenia B. Thomas K 8 Center in the City of Doral in 2001. Mrs. Thomas passed away on August 17, 2014 at the age of 90.

Nathaniel “Traz” Powell

BTW Class of 1943

Booker T. Washington Senior High School 90th Anniversary

Nathaniel “Traz” Powell, who was the first black athlete to score a touchdown in the Orange Bowl stadium, went on to become one of the top coaches in the pre-integration Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association. He compiled a 167-37-3 career record over 21 years from 1949 through 1969 as head coach at Miami’s Carver and Mays high schools. Powell died in 1980. The football stadium at Miami-Dade College, which is the home to many of Miami-Dade’s top high school teams, including Miami Northwestern and Booker T. Washington, was renamed in his honor in 1988.

Dr. Enid Pinkney

BTW Class of 1949

Anative Miamian born in Over town, Enid Curtis Pinkney is a longtime advocate for preserv ing the history of Miami-Dade’s black communities. She is a 1949 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Talledega College in Alabama and a master’s degree from Barry Universi ty. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from St. Thomas University.

A veteran of countless communi ty service projects, Mrs. Pinkney was the first black president of Dade Heri tage Trust and Natives of Dade. Dur ing her presidency at Dade Heritage Trust, the organization took the lead in efforts to save the “Miami Circle” ar cheological site from demolition. To day, among other civic engagements, she is president and CEO of the Histor ic Hampton House Community Trust. She gave leadership from keeping the building from being demolished.

Mrs. Pinkney has written several published works about Overtown and Alphonso Brownsville. She has also

produced a 12 part series for Channel 17, Historical Perspectives of Alphonso Brownsville, and produced a program for Channel 35 that explored the accom plishments of Miami’s black pioneers buried in Miami City Cemetery.

.In speaking of her passion, Mrs. Pinkney has said, “We need to do a better job of passing on our heritage to younger generations. We have a great history and have accomplished much. Our younger gen eration needs intense educa tion of our past so that they will understand upon whose shoulders they stand as they set goals of achievement for themselves.”

Mrs. Pinkney is the recipi ent of numerous honors and awards. She has been hon

ored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the King of Clubs, the Coalition of Women, the History Makers and the Native People of Miami, among other entities and appointed to the “Miami Circle” advisory board by then-Flor ida Secretary of State Katherine Har ris. Mrs. Pinkney is a member of the Talladega College Hall of Fame. The institution’s Alumni Association es tablished the annual Enid Pinkney Hu manitarian Awards Luncheon in her honor in 1999.

Mrs. Pinkney is a former prin cipal, assistant principal, teacher, and counselor for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She recently helped

students at Miami Edison Senior High School write a play entitled “Blacks Search for a Future”. The play illus trated how black students felt about attending Edison Senior High in the 1960’s.

Mrs. Pinkney is a founder and charter member of the Church of the Open Door (Congregational) United Church of Christ. She is a former member of the Executive Council and the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ.

“The challenge that I face today is giving leadership to the restoration of the Hampton House Motel”, was a concern expressed by Mrs. Pinkney.

Dr. James W. Bridges

BTW Class of 1952

As a newly licensed physician in the mid-1960s, Dr. James W. Bridges began to practice medicine in Miami just as society’s barriers were beginning to crumble for

Bridges to practice and train at the same institutions as their white peers — and to show that African Americans were equally gifted at the practice of medicine.

“He was really one of the pioneer physicians in this area,” said George Simpson, a retired surgeon who spent much of his career practicing medicine in Overtown and Liberty City. “He opened up new avenues for society. ...

He opened the eyes of people to see that a black person could do very well in any job chosen.”

Bridges would go on to practice medicine for nearly 50 years in Miami.

Bridges had attended segregat ed schools his entire life, including Dunbar Elementary and Booker T. Washington junior - senior high school in Miami. He graduated from Central State University in Ohio, and earned a medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville the first medi cal school in the South for African Americans.

Beginning his medical career in a new era of desegregation, Bridges said he was welcomed at Jackson Memorial as an equal.

“It went very smoothly,” he said. “We worked like it had been going on like that for a long time. I don’t know what it was like before I got there, but there was not any problem. It was inte grated without any marches and with out any riots or anything like that.”

Bridges opened his practice in Miami at a time when few physicians were providing comprehensive care for low-income residents, particular

ly in the black community. That choice became part of his enduring legacy, said Cheryl Holder, a physician and associate professor at Florida Interna tional University’s Wertheim College of Medicine.

“He stayed in the community, and worked with folks who couldn’t always afford care,” she said.

Bridges said he credits Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled people, with increasing healthcare access for many in South Florida. He believes the profession has become prohibitively expensive for many starting physi cians.

“One of the big things got to be the malpractice insurance,” he said. “When I started, malpractice insur ance was $300 a year, and when I left it was $92,000 a year for an OB-GYN. While the American Medical Association infamously op posed the Medicare legislation in 1965, it was strongly supported by the National Medical Association, which represents black doctors.

“It made doctors start practicing defensive medicine,” he said. “No

body wanted to make a mistake, so you ended up running tests that probably weren’t needed that you probably thought weren’t re ally necessary. But you thought, ‘I better do this because if I miss something, it’s going to be bad.’ ”

Now, Bridges said, he talks to his sons, and they’re grappling with the Affordable Care Act and its requirement for electronic medi cal records.

“They’re all complaining about that,” he said.

For Bridges, born in Valdosta, Georgia and raised in Overtown, becoming a doctor was a child hood dream come true and the fulfillment of his father’s aspirations.

“My father always kept telling all of us that the medical field was the way to go, and by the time I was about 10 years old, I had already decided then that I wanted to be a physician,” Bridges said. “My father only got to the eighth grade. Somebody told me he wanted to be a physician but he never achieved it, so he kept pushing us.”

Bridges, 81, is not the only doctor in the family. His younger sister, Ouida Bridges, is a pediatrician. Bridges’ two sons, Lloyd and Mark, are physicians. Counting a nephew, a niece and a daughter-in-law, Bridges said, “ We claim at least seven physi cians in our family.”

And like his father before him, Bridges said he, too, urged his children to practice medicine as a way to help others.

“I kept telling my sons they were going to be physicians,” Bridges said. “I took them to hospitals on rounds with me. They came to my office and we kept them all day and they had a chance to be on the front line.”

He stayed in the community and worked with folks who couldn’t always afford care.

Now retired, Bridges blazed a path marked by several “firsts” for an African-American physician: first black Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Florida and the first black president of the Dade County Medical Association.

His influence in South Florida’s medical community runs so deep that in 2007 the Dade County Chapter of the National Medical Association — once a professional group representing black physicians — renamed itself the James Wilson Bridges, M.D. Medical Society.

After completing his residency at Jackson, Bridges joined another physi cian, Stanley Johnson, in private prac tice. Business boomed.

He really knew how to relate to his patients.

“My partner and I, we were the only [black] OB-GYN doctors in Miami,” Bridges said. “So it was very, very busy for us. We got a lot of referrals from the other doctors. They were glad we came because the family doc tors were doing all the deliveries, and I don’t know where they were sending all the patients with complications.”

As the physicians practice grew, Bridges became instrumental in creat ing community health centers serving Medicaid patients.

“I really enjoyed when I was working with the community health centers,” he said, “because the com munity health centers were offering care to the people who no matter how much money they had or how much money they didn’t have, they were providing care to all these people. They still do.”

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Dr. Fred Morley

BTW Class of 1952

Dr. Fred Morley’s plan 47 years ago was to prepare the youth to be productive citizens in order to impact their community. He began his teaching career because he enjoyed preparing future leaders. His love and concern is genuine and his students know it.

As a Native Miamian, Dr. Morley attended Phyllis Wheatley Elementa ry, an all portable school in Overtown where his mother served as PTA presi dent for more than twenty years. He later attended Booker T. Washington Junior - Senior High School where he mastered the clarinet. love for music and his outstanding perfor mance on the clarinet earned him a scholar Florida A&M University. He received the Bachelor of Science, Master of Education and Doctor of Humane Letters Degrees. He furthered his stud ies at various other universities includ ing Mercer, Michigan State and Barry. His major field of study was elemen tary education, and his minor field of

study was music. However, he loved mathematics where he became a whiz while assisting in the family grocery store in Overtown.

Dr. Morley is a member of the Church of the Incarnation where he serves as director of the Handbell Choir. He is the Director of Partners

Public School principal to remain at one school for 30 years.

Dr. Morley‘s career began as a fifth grade teacher at Poinciana Park Elementary where he established the first elementary school marching band in the county. His students also achieved academically especially in mathematics, where they scored in the top percentile. Dr. Morley later shared his knowledge and expertise with teachers as a Region Level Mathemat ics Specialist.

been featured in The Miami Herald’s Tropic Magazine, The New York Times, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and the Phil Donahue Show. He is also the first Miami-Dade County

In 1973 he entered the halls of Charles R. Drew Elementary as the second reigning principal. He served thirty years of dedicated service and led the students, staff and commu nity to outstanding success. As part of Drew‘s history, many things will be recorded under Dr. Morley’s leader ship. To mention a few: Drew became the fast elementary performing arts magnet school, and it provided Satur day School for enrichment, enhance ment and extra academic assistance; the Career Lab, a school wide uniform policy, a full service health school, and a recording studio all were established under his guidance.

He is married to Juanita (Farrington) Morley, a retired educa tor who wore many hats as a primary teacher, Chapter I Facilitator, career education specialist and ESOL teach er. Dr. Morley is the father of two sons, Alan and Christopher. Both of them followed in their father’s footsteps by playing in the famous “Marching 100” at their Alma Mater, Florida A&M University. Alan is now the executive director of “Increase the Peace,” an at risk youth program, and was elected to Miami-Dade County Community Council Area 8 last year. Christopher is the Senior Partner to Stealth Group Strategic Marketing Firm.

Sam Moore

BTW Class of 1953

BTW Class of 1953 Sam Moore

partnered with other famous re cording artists, including Conway Twitty, Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Elton John, Phil Collins, Lou Reed and others on various live and recorded performances.

Music critic Dave Marsh, a close friend of Moore and the editor and cowriter of Moore’s book, in 2002 called Sam Moore “The Greatest Living Soul Singer.” In 2006, Moore received a MOBO (Music of Black Origin) life time achievement award in the UK. Sam Moore and Dave Prater were both experienced gospel music sing ers, having performed individually with groups, the Sensational Hum mingbirds and the Melionaires. They met in The King of Hearts Club in Miami in 1961, where they were discovered by regional producer Henry Stone, who signed them to Roulette Records. After modest success at Roulette, they were signed by Jerry Wexler to At lantic Records in 1964, then being “loaned” out to Stax Re cords to produce, record, and release their records.

The duo’s Novem ber 1965 single, “You Don’t Know Like I Know”, started a series of ten straight top twenty Billboard R&B hits that included “Hold On! I’m Comin’” (1966), “You Got Me Hummin’ (1966), “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967), “Soul Man” (1967), and “I Thank You” (1968). Most of their hits were penned by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. In most recordings, they were also backed by Hayes on piano with Booker T and the MGs and The Memphis Horns. The ending of their association with the Stax record label and their frequently volatile relation ship contributed to their first break-up in 1970.

Sam & Dave performed through out most of the 1970s until 1981, and enjoyed a brief resurgence in popu larity due to the Blues Brothers’s 1979 recording of “Soul Man”. Their last performance together was on December 31, 1981, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. On April 9, 1988, Prater died in a car crash in Sycamore, Georgia.

Moore began his solo career after breaking up with Prater in June 1970 and was offered to record several sin Atlantic Records in 1970 and 1971. These singles, along with other recordings made dur ing that pe riod were to be re leased on an album produced by King Curtis. However, in August 1971, King Cur tis was mur dered, and the album was shelved. Moore got back together with Prater in August 1971, and the two performed and recorded together over the next decade.

Moore toured with other soul artists including Wilson Pickett in Europe in the spring of 1982, where he married his wife Joyce McRae. She helped Moore overcome a lengthy bat tle with drug addiction during this pe riod, which the couple later discussed in detail in Moore’s book Sam & Dave - An Oral History, co-written with Dave Marsh and published in 1997. Moore not only went public with his addiction in 1983, but also became a strong anti-drug advocate and worked

as a volunteer for anti-drug programs. McRae also became and is presently his business manager, and has worked together with Sam to advocate for art

ist’s rights, royalties, and pension pay ments.

In 1984, Moore performed on the Don Henley album, Building the Perfect Beast on a song called “You Must Not Be Drinkin’ Enough”. In 1986, Moore re-recorded “Soul Man” with Lou Reed for the film of the same name. The song reached #30 on the UK Singles Chart. In April, 1988, Moore joined the Elwood Blues Revue, which featured Dan Aykroyd and The Blues Brothers Band. Moore and Prater (posthu mously) were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on January 15, 1992, and Moore brought Hayes and Porter onstage with him at the ceremo ny to recognize his former songwrit ing and producing partners’ contribu tions. He also brought David Prater, Jr. (Dave’s eldest son) to the ceremony to acknowledge his former singing partner. Shortly after the induction, Moore announced plans to record a solo LP, featuring duets with Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, and others. In 1992, Moore recorded several songs with Springsteen for his Human Touch album. Moore also had a hit in 1994 with the Conway Twitty duet “Rainy Night In Georgia”.

On September 1, 2017, at age 81, Moore performed live at the Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms with Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra in a tribute concert to 50 years of Stax Records synonymous with Southern Soul music.

Sam Moore & David Prater were inducted in into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame in 1992

James Campbell

BTW Class of 1953

Philanthropy

James Campbell first entered Booker T. Washington Jr.-Sr. High School in 1948, as a fresh man. During his time at Booker T. he was encouraged by Ms. Estelle Waller to join the school’s choir. He eventu ally became a soloist and choir student director. On one occasion, the annual Christmas Concert, the Choir Director, Ms. Lelia Williams, became ill. James

he retired from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Throughout his teach ing career, Mr. Campbell exposed his students to the world around them and served as a role model to all who knew him.

was given permission to conduct the entire concert in her absence. This was among his many successes in his illus trious life. Later, James also conduct ed several numbers at the State annual competition in Tallahassee, Florida. In school, once football season was over, he would join the BTW Band.

After graduating from Booker T. Washington in 1953, he enrolled in Florida A&M University. While at FAMU, he earned three letters in football and also performed with the Mass Choir. Following his graduation from FAMU in 1957 with a B.S. de gree in Social Studies, he went on to earn a MS degree from Florida Atlan tic University in 1969. He continued his education by doing post graduate studies at Howard University, Indiana University, Florida International Uni versity and Nova University. In 1966, he was selected as one of two Black teachers to integrate the faculty of North Miami Senior High School. In 1992, after thirty-four years of service,

Mr. Campbell is a life member of the NAACP; a founding sponsor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Na tional Memorial in Washington, D.C.; a charter member of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Ameri can History and Culture; a sponsor of the legendary Tuskegee Airman of World War II; a contributor to St. Jo seph Indian School and a life member of FAMU National Alumnae Associa tion. He established and funded the Estelle Waller-Lelia R. Williams Me morial Scholarship for students from Booker T. Washington High School who will attend FAMU. He also coached high school and little league football teams.

Mr. Campbell has visited all fifty states in the United States, including two trips to Hawaii and three vacations to Alaska. He has also vacationed in Europe; China; Brazil; Egypt; Kenya; Mexico; Canada and Tanzania. How

ever, his bucket is still incomplete. He can be described as a “Jack of all trades” and a lover of most types of music.

Mr. Campbell has two children, Tyrone, a U.S. State Department dip lomat currently assigned to Moscow, Russia and Patricia Vickers, a charter school math teacher in Chattahoochee, Florida. He often vacations with his family and grandchildren, Ronald, Makari and Izayah. He continues to work on his bucket list.

Bea Hines

BTW Class of 1956

Bea L. Hines likes to say she has come a long way – from a domestic worker in the early 1960’s to a respected, award-winning journalist, whose name is recognized throughout the United States, and who has taught writing seminars at four universities including the University of California at Berkeley.

Educated in Miami-Dade Coun ty schools, Bea is a 1956 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. She attended Miami-Dade Commu nity College, the University of Miami and Barry University.

Mrs. Hines has won many awards for her writing and community work. In 1981, her issues column that was featured on page one of the local sec tion for nearly five years was nominat ed for the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious award. In 1985, SAVY, a national women’s magazine now out of print, named Bea L. Hines as one of the top five women colum nists in the country. That same year, The Miami Herald honored her with

its Service Among Us Award for being a beacon of light in the community, Mrs. Hines is in demand as a speaker and in 1990, she was induct ed into the “Women of Impact Hall of Fame. She has been honored by Herstory’s In the Company of Women.

Her picture and a biographical sketch appeared in a book by that name. In 1996, she was inducted into the City of Miami Hall of Fame as a pioneering African American journalist. Her por trait also is in the traveling exhibit of Florida Women of Achievement.

She is most proud of the fact that in 2004, the Lord saw fit to appoint her as a missionary in her church, The Church of God Tabernacle, where Bishop Walter H, Richardson is the pastor. She sings in the Tabernacle Gospel Choir and is involved in many other activities.

Mrs. Hines loves to sing, and this particular talent has taken her twice to Italy where she performed with the

Unity Choir. In addition, she is a tal ented fashion and millenary designer and has her very own label, Bedola’s Originals. She also designs fashions and makes dresses and hats for special occasions.

Mrs. Hines is the widowed mother of two grown sons, - Rick, a youth pastor who lives in Miramar and Shawn, a lawyer and professional musician who lives in Boston. She is the proud grandmother of four beauti ful granddaughters and one handsome grandson.

James Hunt

Education

Mr. James Hunt is a 1957 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. He received scholarship offers from Florida A & M. University, BethuneCookman College, South Carolina State and Claflin College of South Carolina. From these offers, he se lected Florida A & M. University and

County Pub lic Schools. He received this honor in 1983, 1990, and 1998.

In 1981, James Hunt was appoint ed principal of Booker T. Washing ton Junior High School; his alma mater. Booker Washington was perceived as an inner-city school with symptoms of academic deficient and low student and staff morale. Mr. Hunt implemented a restructured curriculum, aggres sive program initiatives, parental and community involvement that turned this school around in a positive direction. While principal at Booker T. Washington, the school received the Meritorious Distinction QUIPP School honor from 1985-1987.

before and after school were replicated at Norland Middle School. Under Mr. Hunt leadership these initiatives were expanded and enhanced the overall academic curriculum.

In addition to Mr. Hunt’s contribution to education, he has pro vided leadership in many commu nity organizations including Omega Psi Fraternity, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Miami, Elks Lodge No.303, their YMCA (Carver Branch) and NABSE.

Mr. Hunt is the founder and charter president of Overtown Optimist Club, Inc, It was organized in 1985. The club is affiliated with Optimist International, an association of more than 3,800 service clubs in the United States and Canada.

graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He graduated in 1973 from the University of Miami receiv ing a Master’s of Science degree.

Mr. Hunt was employed for forty-one years by the Dade County Public Schools from 1962-2003. Dur ing this tenure, he served as a princi pal/administrator for twenty years. He is the only three times Principal/ Administrator of the Year for the Dade

Mr. Hunt served as principal of Miami Carol City Senior High School from 1987-1994. At the time of his appointment, this school also suffered from the perception of low student achievement, low membership in high level courses and low graduation rates. Mr. Hunt designed and implemented programs to address these concerns. Membership in classes such as physics rose from five students to six classes in three years. The 1992 HSCT scores showed the highest percent of increase in the state of Florida (23 percent in math-15 percent in reading). In 1989, guidelines were developed and imple mented for a Criminal Justice-Pre Law Magnet. This program received national recognition.

Program initiatives such as Saturday Academy, tutorial programs

Editors Note. During the publication of this booklet, James Hunt, 80 years old, passed away on October 30, 2018.

James & Elsa Hunt

John D. GLOVER, D.P.A.

BTW Class of 1957

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John D. Glover, Doctor Public Administration (D.P.A.), is cur rently a consultant to various U.S. business and corporate entities.

In 1962, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. He re ceived a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1990 and a Doctorate Degree in Public Administration from USC in 1996.

Dr. Glover played football at FAMU during the school’s so called Golden era, where he participated on three undefeated National Champion ship Football teams, the 1957, 1959 and 1961 teams. He accomplished the unusual at that time by playing as a freshman during this talent - rich historical period. As an end on the team, he started as a ju nior and senior, serving as co-captain in 1959 and 1960. He received All-Conference (SIAC) honors during his senior year.

He is the vice president of the FAMU National Rattler F Club, which provides scholarships to FAMU athletes and support other vital athletic programs at the university.

Dr. Glover was enshrined in the FAMU Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. He is a FAMU Distinguished Alumni and gave the keynote speech during the 1983 Homecoming Convocation Ceremony. He is a Life Member of the FAMU National Alumni Associa tion, and a member of the Broward County Alumni Chapter. Dr. Glover is an annual contributor to the FAMU Foundation and supports other univer sity groups and causes.

Dr. Glover taught at Miami Northwestern High School in Miami, Florida, from September 1962

to October 1966, when he received his appointment as a Special Agent with the FBI. Following a period of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia he was assigned to the FBI Office in Kansas City, Missouri, where he served un til February 1968, when he was transferred to the Washington, D.C. Field Office. In December 1972, he was assigned to the FBI Academy (Quantico) as a Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor, and in January 1974, was made a supervisor in the Identification.

Dr. Glover was made Special Agent in Charge of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office in February 1979, where he was in charge of all FBI operations in the state of Wisconsin. In April 1980, he was assigned as the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta, Georgia Office. He was named Assistant Director of the Inspection Division in September, 1982. In April, 1986, he was designated Executive Assistant Director for Administration, at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.as one of three who directly reports to the Director of the FBI.

On March 31, 1989, Dr. Glover retired from the FBI. Throughout his distinguished career, he investigated, supervised, and managed numerous successful high- profile investigations.

Dr. Glover is currently President of John Glover Consult ing, Inc. He has provided consulting services to The International Mon etary Fund, which consisted of a Field Security Program Evaluation, including the feasibility of outsourcing the delivery of international security activities, and the follow up study regarding vendor selection. He served as Executive Consultant to Corporate Risk International. Dr.

Chairman of the Security Advisory Board of Nano Guardian, a technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manu facturing and applications develop ment to fight counterfeiting and illegal diversion of medicines. For nine years, he served as a Commissioner for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., and is a former Trustee for the Former Special Agents of the FBI Foundation. He is a member of the Society of Former FBI Agents, a Life Member of the Interna tional Association of Chiefs of Police and numerous other law enforcement associations. Dr. Glover is also President and CEO of the Booker T. Washington High School Class of 1957 Foundation, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit and Federal 501(c) (3) corporation, and is the National Vice President of the National Rattler F Club, a Florida A & M University athletic support group.

Dr. Glover is married to Pauline Dawkins Glover. They have three (3) adult children, Wanda, Anthony and Mark, and six granddaughters.

Glover served as

Dr. John & Pauline Dawkins Glover

Dr. Dorothy J. Fields

BTW Class of 1960

There is no place you can go in Miami-Dade County and speak of the history of African Americans without referring to The Black Archives and its founder, Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields. Because of her vision and perseverance, The Black Archives serves as a symbol of pride in South Florida and a legacy for future generations.

Dorothy Jenkins Fields, histori an, created and established The Black Archives, History and Research Foun dation of South Florida, Inc. She be gan as a Miami-Dade County Public Schools librarian and reading teacher. Her desire to preserve black history for school children led her in 1977 to establish the first organized collection of photographs, letters, articles and family albums for students and schol ars to research the black experience in Miami-Dade County from 1896 to the present. She also rescued historic sites from the wrecking ball and established the Miami-Dade Black Heritage Trail.

Under Fields’ leadership, The Black Archives Foundation acquired, restored and operates the Lyric Theater. Built in 1913. It is Miami’s

oldest performing arts theater. As the result of research at The Black Archives, the Lyric Theater is one of six buildings in Miami’s Overtown listed on the U.S. Secretary of Interior’s National Register of Histor ic Places. The expanded Lyric Theater complex with the adjacent newly constructed Welcome Center and Black Archives headquarters is the anchor and premiere institution for African American history, arts, and culture in Miami-Dade County. The theater complex is the center of the Historic Overtown Folklife Village, a Main Street Community. It is a developing cottage industry designed to promote businesses specializing in the arts and culture.

In addition to being a founding member and former chair of MiamiDade’s Historic Preservation Board, Miami-Dade County’s Women’s Park, the Vizcaya Trust, and Florida Humanities Council, she is also a member of the Community Partner ship for the Homeless. Her member

ships include Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, The Links, Inc., Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Black Women Historians, the Academy of Certified Archivists and the International Women’s Forum, and the Church of the Incarnation. Dr. Dorothy Jenkins contributes occasion al articles to the Miami Times and is since 2008, a bi-monthly columnist for the Miami Herald. Her column, “Black in Time”, appears in the Herald’s North Central Neighbors section and online.

Dr. Jenkins, a gradu ate of Booker T. Washington High School, class of 1960; earned a Bachelor’s degree from Spelman College, certification in Archives Administration from Emory University, a Master’s degree from the Univer sity of Northern Colorado, and a Ph.D. from the Union Institute. She is the mother of two daughters:

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Rose Moorman

BTW Class of 1963 Our Hidden Figure

As a child, Ms. Moorman’s love of service to others was cultivated by her parents and teachers and has continued to grow throughout her life. In high school, she served on the Student Council, the Student Athletic Association and was president of the Spanish Club, French Club, science clubs and social clubs. Ms. Moorman was nominated for the Miami Herald Silver Knight Award in Citizenship, and was one of three Dade County high school students to be presented the 1963 National Conference of Christians and Jews Florida Regional Youth Award for outstanding community service. This award was presented by Elliot Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

During her collegiate years, in the 1960’s, she joined U.S. Congressman John Lewis in protests and marches for racial equality in downtown Nashville, TN. She served as counselor for a summer youth program at Fisk University which was aimed at helping underserved youth to transition from high school to college and was cited in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.

In 1967, she was the first black and the second female to be initiated into the General Electric STEP (Space Technological Engineering Program). In 1968, she was on the cover of and was the featured article in Talent Magazine (pub lication focused on “ up and corning” technologists). At the University of Pennsylvania, she had the honor of being taught by a computer technology pioneer ing icon, U. S. Naval Commander Grace Hopper. The class was in awe when she showed us repre

sentation of a “ nanosecond” , which is now considered to be the pace of a snail. To help perpetuate and inspire passion for technology, Ms. Moorman taught computer scienc es and programming as an associ ate professor at the University of the District of Columbia in the 1970’s. In the 2000’s, she helped Miami-Dade County inner -city kids to go beyond “ gaming,” to an understanding of how computers really worked in a series of lectures throughout the county.

Ms. Moorman served as president of the South Florida Chapter of Black Data Processing Associates, and president of Lorah Park Elemen

tary and Alphonso Brownsville Junior High PTSA’s. She has served on the Computer Education Advisory Pan for Dade County School Board, the Board of Directors for the Overtown Community Health Clinic and has held offices and memberships in the following: Miami Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., MAST Academy High PTSA, Family Christian Association, New Miami Group, American Red Cross, Univer sity of Virginia Parents, the National Council of Negro Women, Miami Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Miami Fisk Club, BTW Alumni Association, BTW Class of 1963, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Dade Heritage Trust, Democratic National Com mittee, NAACP, National Wildlife Federation; charter member of the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and was a volunteer/trainer for Organizing for America to re-elect President Barack Obama.

Roberta Daniels

BTW Class of 1963

Roberta C. Thompson Daniels is an honor graduate of the Booker T. Washington Jr.-Sr. High School Class of 1963. Always eager to learn, Roberta continued her education with a full tuition scholar ship to Barry College (University) and the University of Miami, graduating Magna Cum Laude. This achieve ment earned her a fellowship from the Ford Foundation for excel lence in education to continue her studies in the Doctoral Program at the University of Miami.

In the pursuit of a Doctorate Degree in Education, she earned a Master’s Degree in Exceptional Student Edu cation on the same fellow ship. Roberta later earned Masters and Specialist Degrees in Reading and Supervision from Florida International University. Oth er post graduate work includes attendance at Stanford University (Sanford, California) and Yale Uni versity (Hartford, Connecticut). She was inducted into Iron Arrow Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society at University of Miami.

With an extensive back ground in education and leadership, Roberta’s career with Miami-Dade County Schools spanned over for ty-one years beginning as a Social Work Assistant in the Head Start Pro gram during her undergraduate stud

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ies. From 1968 – 1971, she was the Career Development Coordinator for two federally funded programs, Head Start and the Follow-Through Program. As a teacher, Roberta was often recruited to help develop and write instructional programs. Her efforts were rewarded by being chosen as a Teacher of the Year at Naranja and Oak Grove Elementary Schools. She also worked as Read ing Specialist for the South Area Curriculum Center, serving schools in Regions V and VI. From there, she went on to serve in a number of leadership/administrative positions including interim principal; District Coordinator for Reading/Language Arts for Chapter I; District Supervi sor for Title I Program; Supervisor for Title I Pre-Kindergarten Programs; Stanford University Accelerated School Program; Yale University Comer School Development Program and the Title I Montessori Program. In 2005, she requested assignment to a new innovative instructional team

for low achieving schools called the ZONE. This led to her becoming the District Administrator for Community and Parental Involvement and Instruc tional Support and later a supervisor for the Community Involvement Spe cialists serving ZONE schools.

As passionate as Roberta is about education, she equals that

passion in her dedication to the community. Her service includes working with the Girl Scouts of America; past president of the Unique Civic Club; Booker T. Washington High School Educational Excel lence School Advisory Committee (EESAC); \Diamond Life member of the Miami Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; United Teachers of Dade Urban Coalition Task Force; NAACP; University of Miami Alumni Association, Florida International University Alumni Association and the Booker T. Washington Alumni Association, Inc., where she serves as President. She is a lifelong member of St. James Missionary Baptist Church, serving in several church organiza tions and activities.

Roberta’s scholarship, leader ship, dedication and commitment to high standards are reflected in her motto: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” She has certainly been a role model, inspiration and blessing to all who know her.

BTW Alumni President Roberta Daniels, John Lee Tellis, Jr., 2016 Living Legend & BTW Principal William Aristide

Les Brown

BTW Class of 1963

Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown (born February 17, 1945) is an American motivational speak er, author, radio DJ, former television host, and former politician. As a poli tician, he is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. As a motivational speaker, he uses the catch phrase “it’s possible!” and teaches people to follow their dreams as he learned to do. He was the host of The Les Brown Show.

Early life

Brown was born with his twin brother, Wesley, in an abandoned building in Liberty City, a low-income section of Miami, Florida. He was subsequently given up for adoption and adopted by Mamie Brown, a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria at tendant and domestic assistant. He was declared “educable mentally retarded” while in grade school. Despite the selfesteem and confidence loss issues this created, he learned how to reach his full potential with the encouragement of his mother and assistance from a helpful teacher in high school, a key point in many motivational speeches he gives.

Professional life

According to many of Brown’s speeches, he first decided to get into public radio and kept returning to the same radio station time and time again looking for a break. It wasn’t until the on-air failures of the afternoon DJ that he took his break in radio into his own hands and was hired full-time as onair talent. Upon his termination from the radio station, he ran for election in the Ohio House of Representa tives and won. After leaving the Ohio state legislature, he decided to get into television and eventually ended up on PBS. He also formed Les Brown Enterprises in order to support his newest career as a motivational speak er and was on KFWB in California on a daily syndicated radio program from 2011 to 2012. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he also won many local and national awards for excellence, and he has an Emmy to his name. Brown was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1982 to 1988.

In 1993, he began hosting a new talk show, The Les Brown Show, which began airing on September 6, 1993. After nearly four months,

it went on hiatus on December 3, 1993, and on January 17, 1994, King World Productions replaced this with Rolonda, a show hosted by Rolonda Watts.

Les collaborated with John C. Maxwell and The John Maxwell Team for a candid look into the lives of professional speakers called “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”

Personal life

Brown married Gladys Knight in 1995; they divorced in 1997. He has ten children: Calvin, Patrick, John Andrew, Ona, Ayanna, Tayloria, Thad, Sumaya, Serena and John-Leslie. He also has 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Awards

Council of Peers Award of Excel lence, National Speakers Associa tion, 1989; regional Emmy Award (Chicago), 1991 for the program You Deserve with Les Brown; selected as one of America’s top five speakers, Toastmasters International, 1992.

Brandon D. Harris

BTW Class of 2008

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Brandon D. Harris was born on January 24, 1990 to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Harris Sr. As the second son of coach “Ice” Har kid brother to an older brother he around, Bran a great foundation his future athletic Fascinated and eager play the game, Brandon watched his older brother closely and began to pat tern his moves and develop his abilities after him. Soon Brandon through hard work and effort, de veloped a rhythm of his own and began to blossom into the athlete he is today.

As a student at Booker T. Washington Sr. High School, Brandon participated in football and track from 2004 until 2008. He helped win State championships in both sports along the way. As a Senior Brandon was honored as the Florida

Gatorade Player of the year, after recording forty-nine (49) tackles, five (5) sacks, four (4) intercep

arship to the Univer sity of Miami. As a freshman, Brandon started 6 games at Cornerback and finished his season with 30 tackles, an intercep tion and a sack. His sophomore stats (55 tackles, an inter ception and a sack) resulted the hon

ors of first team all Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selec tion; second team All American honors from Sports Illustrated and third team All-American honors from the Associated Press. As a junior Brandon’s cornerback play remained consistent as his stats read 44 tackles, an interception, 13 starts and a second team All ACC selection.

Following his junior season at Miami, Brandon announced that he would forego his senior season and enter the 2011 National Football League (NFL) draft. And with the 60th overall pick, in the second round, Brandon was selected by the Houston Texans. With his selection in the second round, Brandon became the highest selected athlete, in any sport, in the 90 year history of BTW football and athletics.

Tim Jr., (Brother), Treon (Brother) & Tim (Ice) Harris (Father)

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Booker T. Washington Senior High School 90th Anniversary

City Champions

EuGene “ Whitey” White BTW Class of 1957

EuGene “Whitey” White was a star athlete at Booker T. Washington Jr./Sr. High. He was a star running back for the Tornadoes Football Team as a well as a sprinter and relay track team member. He received a four year athletic scholarship to Florida A&M University,

At FAMU he continued to excel in sports. He was an acclaimed running back and sprinter for The Rattlers. Upon graduation in 1962 he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins, but shortly relocated and signed with the Oak land Raiders. The final years of his foot ball career were spent in the Canadian Football League.

Whitey was a lifetime member of FAMU’s Varsity Club and a member of Booker T. Washington Athlete Club where he served as Parliamentarian.

Original illustration by Warren Pratt, 1963

Booker T. Washington Senior High School 90th Anniversary

BTW Class of 1961

or 41 years, Jesse Holt brought kids from the crucible of the inner city’s streets to the sanc tuary of the track and field oval. Whether they became doctors, lawyers, engineers, Olympians, or football stars, they learned first from Holt how to reach their own personal finish line. Holt, founder and coach of the Miami Northwest Express Track Club, died Sunday, October 15, 2017 doing what he always did – helping oth ers. After attending church, he was moving furniture when he collapsed in the backyard of his Little Riv er home, probably from a heart attack, family mem bers said. He was 73.

“The community has lost a giant,” said

Miami Herald

October 17, 2016

and instructor at Miami-Dade North and Florida Memorial College and longtime friend of Holt from their youth in Overtown. “There was some thing special about his ability to moti vate kids. It wasn’t about winning; it was about nurturing. He’d work as hard as he asked them to work.”

Holt was mentor to thousands of kids – and their kids’ kids – through the decades from the club’s base at Moore Park, which had been a “Whites Only” park until he and friend George Williams took it upon themselves to integrate it in 1960 when they asked to run on the track.

Holt wasn’t paid for coaching or for organiz ing South Florida’s largest meet, the Northwest Track and Field Classic that attracted athletes from throughout North America and the Caribbean. He was MC of the meet for the last time in June, days after suffer ing a stroke that left his hands so cold he wore socks over them. He wanted to make sure he was at the microphone to announce as many kids’ names as he could.

Holt, retired from Miami-Dade County’s licensing department, often took money out of his own pocket to buy shoes or pay registration fees for his athletes. They’d sleep and eat at his house when necessary. Running the club was a family affair, with Holt’s

wife Claudette and children Alan, Darren, Reggie, and Teri sharing the responsibilities of washing uniforms, assisting at practices, handing out ribbons, and arranging parenting seminars and academic tutoring sessions.

Bershawn “Batman” Jackson, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and former world No. 1 in the 400-meter hurdles, grew up in Liberty City and joined the club at age 7.

When Jackson ran in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he paid for Holt to attend his first Olympics and watch protégés Jackson and Tiffany RossWilliams compete. Jackson’s enduring memory after taking the bronze medal was em bracing Holt in the Bird’s Nest Stadium stands and hearing him say, “I’m proud of you.” Jack son lives in Raleigh, N.C., where he’s started own track club, and talked to Holt every

The club’s most famous alumni in clude Jackson, RossWilliams, Robin Reyn olds, Tim Harris, Pavielle James and Eb ony Gibson, plus Na tional Football League players Artie Burns, Brandon Harris, Melvin Bratton, Wil lis McGahee, Glenn Holt, and Reggie Holt.

Holt was born in Shellman, Georgia, where he lived in the onebedroom concrete block house that his

father built after serving in the U.S. Navy. In 1953, Holt and his family moved to Overtown, where his father ran a grocery store.

Holt attended Dunbar Elemen tary and Booker T. Washington Junior and Senior High. He became the first black athlete to compete against whites in an age-group meet in Florida and to be named to the All-Dade County high school track and field team.

He was a scholarship sprinter at Grambling State. He had Olympic aspirations until he injured his hamstring.

“He wasn’t just fast on the track – when he was writing term papers he was the fastest two-finger typer I’d ever seen,” Richardson said. “He was from a humble background, but all he wanted to do was give back.”

Bill Van Smith, formerly an editor at the Miami Herald, contributed to this

BTW Class of 1963

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NFL Hall of Fame

Larry Little, unlike many highly touted Miami Dolphins stars of the 1970s, began his career in 1967 as an unheralded free agent with the San Diego Chargers. Larry, who had been a two-way tackle, team captain, and an All-Conference choice at Bethune-Cookman College, enjoyed only moderate success during his two years in San Diego.

Just before the 1969 campaign, however, he was traded to the Dolphins, and it wasn’t long before the 6-1, 265-pound guard was being praised as one of the National Football League’s premier offensive linemen. A fixture at right guard during the 1970s when the Dolphins were a dominant team in pro football, Little was the embodiment of the intimidat ing force of the famed Miami rushing attack.

A superb pass blocker, awesome on the scrimmage line and especially effective as the lead man on the powerful Dolphin sweeps, Little was named first-team All-NFL from 1971 through 1975 and again in 1977. He was also named second-team All-NFL in 1978, and All-AFC five times. Larry was selected to play in five Pro Bowls (1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975). He was named the NFL Players Association’s AFC Lineman of the Year in 1970,1971 and 1972.

When Miami rushed for a then-record 2,960 yards in its perfect 1972 season, Little was tabbed by one prestigious selection panel as the NFL’s outstanding blocker. Little displayed versatility, durability and dedication throughout his career.

Coach Don Shula called him “a real inspiration, not just for the way he performs but also for his influence on our younger players.” In one emergency situation, brought about by injuries, Little shifted to the unfamiliar right tackle spot with little effect on his quality of play. Even though he was plagued by knee, ankle, and leg injuries through much of his career, he sat out only four games because of injuries in his first 11 seasons with the Dolphins.

Four Consecutive High School Class 4A State Football Championships 2012 Booker T. Washington 35 Jacksonville Bolles 7

Ayear after the Tornadoes let a state championship slip away against Jacksonville Bolles, they never let up during a 35-7 rout of the Bulldogs in the rematch between the two teams in the Class 4A state final Saturday night in front of a crowd of 2,413 at the Citrus Bowl.

Booker T. (13-1) scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to secure its second state title since the school reopened in 1999, and its first since 2007. “Our whole motto this year was finish, finish, finish,” Booker T. junior quarterback Treon Harris said. “Last year, I felt like I was dead after we lost the way we did. This is so much a better feeling.”

Booker T. Washington’s 28-point margin of victory was the largest by any team over Bolles (12-2) in a state

championship game, and only the third loss ever in the fi nals by the state’s leader in championships (11).

Treon Harris anchored the onslaught throwing for two touchdown passes and 245 yards on 11-of-19 passing, and running for three more touchdowns and 74 yards on 12 attempts. Booker T. outgained Bolles 440 to 187 in total yards even though Bolles ran 64 plays to the Tornadoes’ 57. The Tornadoes averaged 12.2 yards per passing play.

Miami Herald By Andre C. Fernandez

December 09, 2012 12:01 AM

Booker T. Washington Senior High School

National Champions

2013

Booker T. Washington 40 Jacksonville Bolles 21

Big performances from Treon Harris and sophomore running back Mark Walton carried the load in a 40-21 win over Bolles which lead to the schools first mythical national championship.

The nation’s No. 1 team in the MaxPrep Xcellent 25 national ranking finished with a flurry on Saturday.

Booker T. Washington 14-0, piled up 511 yards while winning their 26th straight game and second consecutive Florida 4A state title with a 40-21 triumph over Bolles (Jacksonville) 10-4 at the Citrus Bowl.

Florida State-bound Treon Harris completed 15 of 27 passes for 226 yards and rushed for 86 more while account ing for three touchdowns. Sophomore running back Mark Walton, who has already committed to Miami, added 124 yards rushing and two more scores as the Tornadoes became the third team from South Florida since 2007 to win a mythical national title.

The others were by Northwestern in 2007 and St. Thom as Aquinas in 2008 and 2010.

“Nothing was going to take me out of this game,” Harris told Miami Herald reporter Andrew Fernandez. Harris injured his knee and missed some time in the playoff. “I would’ve had to break something to get taken out of the game. Anything sprained or anything, I was going to fight through.”

Led defensively by senior defensive end Chad Thomas, Booker T. Washington opened the season with a bang, a 55-0 win over then No. 3 Norcross on National TV. That win caught everyone’s attention and volted the Tornadoes to the top of most National rankings.

2014 Booker T. Washington 54 Jacksonville Bolles 35

Miami Herald

By Andre C. Fernandez December 06, 2014

Miami Booker T. Washington is bringing home another state football championship trophy.

But this one put the Tornadoes in an exclusive place in the history of South Florida high school football.

Led by the sheer skill and determination of running back Mark Walton, who scored five touchdowns overall, and a defense that forced five turnovers, Booker T. defeated Jacksonville Bolles 54-35 in the Class 4A final Saturday night at the Citrus Bowl to secure its third consecutive state championship.

The Tornadoes (14-0), ranked No. 4 nation ally by USA Today and MaxPreps, became the first South Florida team (Miami-Dade or Bro ward County) to win three in a row. Miami Central can join the Tornadoes next week if it wins its third consecutive title.

“I’m so proud of this team,” first-year Booker T. coach Tim Harris Jr. said. “These guys never let anything get in the way of our hard work and preparation. For us to be a part of the first three-peat is unbelievable.”

What the Tornadoes can also brag about over Central and most other programs in Florida for the time being is its consistency over nearly three seasons.

Booker T.’s victory was its 40th in a row, already a Dade record, and made the Tornadoes only the sixth school in the state to ever win that many in a row.

The Tornadoes beat Bolles (11-3), which owns a state-record 11 state championships, for the third consecutive season.

As his players doused him and his assistant coaches with ice, Harris Jr. took a look into the stands and signaled to his family. Harris’ mother, Chonita, father, Tim Sr. the school’s former coach and brother, Treon the school’s former starting quarterback were all in the crowd along with several former players who have been a part of the Booker T. dynasty.

Harris Sr., who led Booker T. to its first three state titles, including its first in 2007 and a national title last season, departed to coach at the University of Miami before the season.

Booker T. also is likely to be invited to compete in the inaugural national championship series showcase event Dec.27 in Boca Raton that will include six teams from around the country in three bowl games.*

*In a dramatic 34-28 comeback win in overtime, Booker T. Washington defeated Utah’s Bingham High in the inaugural Burger King State Champions Bowl Series at FAU Stadium. BTW extended it’s Dade-County record winning streak to 40 games.

Booker T. Washington running back Mark Walton (2) runs over Bolles defensive back T.J. Floyd (21), after catching a pass, on his way to the end zone for a touchdown during the second half of an FHSAA State Championsip football game in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack)

2015

Miami Herald

By Andre C. Fernandez December 06, 2014

Booker T. Washington 43 Jacksonville Raines 23

They were disregarded as contenders even before the season began.

Their resolve was tested nearly every week on a difficult path back to Orlando. And their final obstacle Saturday night in the Citrus Bowl was nearly too much to overcome.

Thanks to an incredibly resilient first-half effort by their defense, the Tornadoes rallied for a 43-23 victo ry over Jacksonville Raines to secure the Class 4A state championship in front of a crowd of 4,280.

“Believing was the word for us,” said Booker T. coach Earl Tillman, who has spent 13 seasons coaching at the school but won his first state title as the team’s head coach. “There was a lot of adversity through this season. These kids fought through it all. No matter what, they came to practice week in and week out and competed.”

In its fifth consecutive state finals appearance, Booker T. Washington (9-5) became the first MiamiDade County team to win four consecutive state titles and only the third statewide in the playoff era (began in 1963) along with Live Oak Suwannee (1987-1990) and Tallahassee North Florida Christian (1998-2001). Miami Central can become the fourth if it beats Seffner Armwood next Saturday in the Class 6A final.

Booker T. also became the first team state wide with at least five losses to win a state title since Jefferson County in 2011.

And much like their topsy-turvy season which had its share of setbacks, Booker T. Washington simply found a way to win its fifth state title overall.

The Tornadoes’ defense symbolized the team’s resilience, spending the majority of the first half bailing out their turnover-prone offense long enough

for it to find its rhythm just enough in the second half. Booker T. turned the ball over five times as freshman Daniel Richardson — Dade’s leading passer — couldn’t find any rhythm. Richardson threw three interceptions and the Tornadoes fumbled twice. Booker T. had nine first downs for the game and six touchdowns. But despite the horrible start, Richardson threw three touchdown passes in the second half, each time to give Booker T. the lead. Richardson completed 11 of 25 passes for 212 yards, with three touchdowns and four interceptions.

During Booker T.’s 16-game playoff winning streak, its quarterbacks have thrown 42 touch down passes.

Richardson’s 92-yarder to Gustavious Dames gave the Tornadoes the lead for good and broke a state-cham pionship-game record for the longest such play. The score started a stretch of 21 unanswered points that helped the Tornadoes seal the win.

Booker T. stopped Raines five times inside the 20 and four times after the Vikings (12-2) had moved past the 10-yard line.

Photo by Phelan M Ebenhack

The 2013 National Championship Year!

Year!

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August 24, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Norcross , Norcross, Georgia W 55-O

September 6, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Central W 28-17

September 11, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Carol City W 45-0

September 19, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Jackson W 45-6

September 27, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Monsignor Pace W 49-7

October 4, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Bishop Gorman, Las Vegas, Nevada W 28-12

October 12, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Northwestern W 21-9

October 17, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Gulliver Prep W 41-7

October 24, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Norland W 41-14

November 5, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Miami Edison W 62-0

Playoffs

November 16, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Glades Central W 40-18

November 22, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. University Nova School W 45-17

November 29, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Cocoa W 49-10

State Championship

December 7, 2013

Booker T. Washington vs. Jacksonville Bolles W 40-21

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Class of 1989

Coach James “Dean Blue” Everett

Class of 1990

Coach Alkin Hepburn

Coach Joe Lang Kershaw (Posthumously)

Coach William Haley William Stirrup, Athletic Director

Class of 2004

Roderick “Monk” Silva 1931-35 (D)

Percy Oliver 1946-48

Calvin Mapp Retired Judge 1940-42

Thomas “Nick” Marshall 1948-52

Charles Stringer 1954-58

Ralph Burns (D) 1955-57

Gus Marshall 1959-61

Jesse Holt 1959-61

Jack Wadley Former President 1961-63 (D)

Irvin Baulkman 1960-65

Freddie “Jabo” Johnson 1958-60

Chris Ingraham 1931-32

Vernika Stirrup Silva 1933-36

Nathaniel Strachan 1947-49

Hernando Alphonso Brown 1944-47

George “Buck” Buchanan 1960-61

Larry Little 1961-63

Arthur “Tug” Coverson 1940-41

Eugene “Whitey” White 1954-56

John Glover 1955-57

John Napier 1963-65

Willie J. Warren 1962-65

Edward “Tops” Kimball 1933-35 (D) Ralph Cole 1932-33

Stanley Strachan 1931-32 (D)

Arthur Truitt Jr. 1949-52

Leroy “Cro” Cromartie 1941-43 (D)

Nathaniel “Traz” Powell 1942-43 (D)

Charlie Herout 1943-46 (D)

Sylvester “Gee Boy” Smith 1945-46 (D)

Charles Mobley 1946-49 Herbert Watts 1947-49

Nathaniel Carr 1947-49 (D) George Williams 1959-61

Nathaniel Rolle 1932-33 (D)

Lee Ross Roker 1931-34 (D)

Bernard “Booker” Ingraham 1939-41 (D)

Class of 2006

Clinton Alphonso Brown 1953

James Multimore Sr. 1961

Nathaniel “Nat Ray 1964

General “Hoss” White 1960

Timothy Savage Administrative (D) Richard Rudolph Brown 1962 (D)

Henry Jefferson 1959

Lawrence “La La” Moss 1955

Rudolph Rolle 1948 James Green 1964

James Hunt 1957

Henry “8 Ball” Mackey 1957

Edward “Sarge” Young 1966

Herman Johnson 1960

Class of 2008

Ellis Ayers 1963

Woodrow W. Green Jr. 1967

Archie McKay 1948

Alvin Spence Walker 1958

Aldin Hanna Sr. Unknown

Milton A. Hall 1954

Kathryn Harrell-Hepburn 1963

James Howard 1961

Samuel Hutchison 1960

David Hunt 1963

Lawrence Johnson 1966

Gladston Kemp 1951

McKenna Mahoney 1956

Maud P. Newbold 1958

Eddise Gwendolyn Thomas 1965

Daniel Stevens 1960 John Tellis 1953

Willie Robinson 1959

Class of 2010

Alonzo Ballard Sr. 1962 (D)

Dr. Linda Little Alphonso Brown 1968

Samuel George Clear 1959

Edward “Colay” Colebrook 1965

Theo B. Daniels 1956

John “Weasel” Goodman 1961

Joseph Hall, Sr. 1967

Irvin Hamilton 1962

Jacquelyn Byron-Harden 1957

Ernest “Gut” Hepburn 1962 (D)

Roland Ingram 1952 Freddie Knight 1966

Mack Lamb 1962 (D)

James Leggett 1961

Dr. Sharon Robinson Lovett 1964

Allen “Buddy Boy” Phillips 1968

Albert Richards 1968

John “Teddy” Roach 1954

Robert “Rat” Thomas 1962

Rodney “Bruiser” Thompson 1964

Plumer Williams 1964

Cathia Darling, PhD. 1966

David “Bro” Wilson 1959

Class of 2012

Willie James Barney 1961

Andrew B. “Andy” Clear 1962

Roosevelt Cooper 1965

Richard C. “Flick” Demerit 1967

Tim Harris, Jr. 2004

Gladys Hudson 1968

Charles Johnson 1968

Coach Ernest Perkins 1966

Rose Ann Perpall 1959

Anthony Thompson 1966

Class of 2014

Alphonso Alphonso Brown 1956 (D)

Juanita E. Buggs Administrative

Thaddeus “Cube” Deas 1967

Frank “Speedy” Griffin 1957 (D)

Cecil Harris Teacher/Coach (D)

Tim “Ice” Harris Football Coach

James Campbell Administrative 1953

Gloria Frazier Evans Administrative

Ethel Duncan 1958 Larry Chester 1967

Antonio L. Dixon 2004

Lucius King 1967 Earl Marshall 1957

Billy Earl “Tweet” Young

Samuel Dwight “Pedro” Johnson 1965

Amos James Machanic 1968

Nathaniel “Frenchy Fat” Parks 1965

William S. “Sherb” Parks 1967

Henry E. Puyol 1958

Ishmael “Spoiler” Rolle Jr. 1965

Willie Joe Swift 1959 Dr. Lisa Starks Administrative

Bernard W. Tolliver 1960

Irvin “Train” Baulkman

Booker T. Washington Alumni Athlete Club Hall of Fame Committee 2018

William “Sherb” Parks, Chairperson Kathryn “Kitty” Hepburn, Co-Chairperson HOF Selection Committee

Richard C. Demerit | Gwendolyn Jackson | Carmen Marshall

William Parks

Kathryn Hepburn

Richard C. Demerit

Gwendolyn Jackson Carmen Marshall

The Booker T. Washington Alumni Athlete Club feat. at top left to right; Wallace Aristide (Principal, Miami Northwestern Senior High School) and William Aristide (Principal, Booker T. Washington Senior High School)

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1928

JUNE

Lewis Blake

William Emmerson Clarke

Muriel Emeralda Culmer

Ephraim Madison Henry Fred Minnis

Pearlie Mae Tate

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1929

JUNE

Elva Amena

Arthurine Collier

Cobretha Bell Sara Alexander Elliott Pieze

Jerome Jamison Clarence Hogan Eugene Duncombe Dorothy Johnson Kenneth Johnson Samuel Cohen Terecita Butler

Elise Curtis Thomas B. Davis

Marjorie Gilliard

Emry Harold James Hogan

Sybil Hylton Lucile Grant Leander A. Jackson

Elizabeth Jones Joseph Kershaw Geneva Martin Leola B. Mayo Louise McKensie Verbena McPherson Nellie Roberts Edna Simms George Styles Alice Terrel Turner Tillman

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1931

JUNE

Eddie Lee Adams

Jennie Albury Faustina Albury Fred Aranha, Jr.

Rosa Fannin

Marguerite Francis Witlean Franks

Louie Hampton David Gibson John Johnson Nena Johnson

Sara King Herbert Knowles Cleo McPhee Vivilora Pinkney Hazel Reeves Kenneth Robinson Eliza Rochell Mabel Smith Pearl Smith Katherine Thompson Samuel Waiter

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 JUNE

Ivis Allen

India Aranaha Manatee Bannerman Attemis Alphonso Brown Perd Alphonso Brown Fannie Buggs O’Neal Clark Esther Davis Odessa Fears Marie Franks Samuel Grant Grace Higgs

Edward Scott

Rovena Wallace

Ishmae Watkins

Marguerite Ward

Bernice Womble

Willie Mae Robinson

Nathaniel Rolle Wendell Tookes

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 AUGUST

James Williams

Hazel Carey Marjorie Skinner Mabel Dorsett Ruby Higgins

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1933 FEBRUARY

Mildred Moncur Florrie Roberts Monica Watkins

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1933 JUNE

Leo Antonn

Evelyn Ashe

Mary Baker Blossom Barns Elizabeth Bethel

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1930

JUNE

Edith Anton

Irma Adderly

Marguerite Aranha

Claudia Barnes

Robert Carnegie Moses N. Clark

Birdie Blatch

Frances Blake

Lloyd Burnside

Jane Davis

Nena Johnson

George Dean

Osie Doster

Wilbur Ellison Samuel Evans Lillian Farrington Violet Farrington

Theodore Hunter Annie Mae Jackson Arthur Johnson Isadore Johnson Naomi Johnson Ruth Johnson William Johnson Jessie Martin Clara McCrae Effie McKenny William McKensie Olive Morris Geneva Nelson Pauline Owens Vernell Patten Ruth Portier

F. C. Blake

Joseph Bryant Mitchell Butterfield Wilhemina Chapman

Juanita Cooper

Viola Crafton Helen Culmer

A.B. Danby Cleomie Dean Hazel Dean Mary Duckett Mildred Edwards Anthony Gardiner Edward Glover James Gray Emily Herout

Mary Hoton

Ethel Jones

Mary Jones

Lucile Johnson

Salonic Knowles

Leo Lucas

Bertha Mackey

Walter Mackey

Albertha Martin

Clarice Reeves

Anna Reid

Jennie Roberts

Mary Rolle

Wilhelmina Ross

Charles Sargeant

Clark Savage

George Scott

Isable Sharpp

Avis Shepp

David Simmons

Freda Sperry

Romaine Strother

Elderis Styles

Hirama Thweat

John Truesdale

Charlie White Madeline Whiteus

Noble Williams Benjamin Wilson Evelyn Woods Naomi Grant Charles Morris

Ferricita Moss

James Arthur Sweeting Geneva Thompson

Julia Washington Noble Williams

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1934 FEBRUARY

Juanita Copeland

Arthur Duncombe

Clinton Gabriel

Japonica Gibson

Mary A. Hill

Leola McLeod

Elean Moultrie Virginia Thompson

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1934 JUNE

Beulah Adderly

Effie Ann Ameana

Helen Bethel Willie D. Bethel

Lauresa Bethel

Ethel Braynon

Minerva Braynon

J.C. Alphonso Brown

Phildoris Burke

Vernald Burroughs

Marlin Caroll Louis Carter Rexford Charlow

Ella Clayton Amy Charlow Clinton Coleman Sadie Coleman

Nathan Cunningham

Flora Dean

Beulah Finley

Pauline Gibson Theodore Gibson

Juanita Green

Opal Green Dorothy Higgs

Tommie Lee Horns

Shepherd Hudson Mattie Hunter

Wilhelmina Hutcheson

Doris Johnson

Ethel Isabelle Johnson

Frank Jones

Lester Kemp Willie Lemon

Esther Martin

Dorothy Matthews

Erma Matthews

Beulah McGee

Anthony McLeod

Phyllis Meador

Geraldine Melton

Juanita Miller

Marjorie Moragne

Ulyses Morris Naathaniel Muse

Edna Mae Nelson

Irene Nelson

Joycelyn Newbold

Helona Pain

Mazie L. Rawls

Doreen Reeves

Ella Robinson

Helen Robinson Evelyn Rolle

Orlando Russell

Genevieve Sands

Elaine Scavella

Josephine Smith

Vassie Smith

Pauline Styles

Verne Taylor

Margaret Tillman

Elvee Timmons

Helen Timmons

Claudia Thompson Harriett Twine

Doris Wallace

Ruth Weir

Ivory Mae Welch

Jerry Wells Willie Wilson Paralee Woodard

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1934 AUGUST

John Carle Capers

Pauline Alice Crum

Ethel Maude Farrington

Frances Viola Gibson

Annie Mae Haley

Mable Edythe Hector

Enolia Lee Howard

Olivette Betty Howard

Henry Christopher Ingraham

Earl Eldon Lewis

John Robert Marks, Jr. Madelle Chonita McCullough

Viola Vivian Murray

Eddie Lee Owens

Hubert Clinton Reynolds

Leroy Maxwell Taylor

James Turner Thomas

Mary Athalie Leverne Wilkinson

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1935 JANUARY

Mattie Louise Bently

Vernanchia Valderine Bethel

Edna Mae Louise Campbell

Carmetta Louise Selethian Cash

Thomas Bernardo Davis

George Henry Hamilton

Mattie Mae Hannah

Wilbur Dunbar Henderson

Edith Bridget Hill

William Everett Meadows

George Percy Nelson

Verna Leotha Potier Matthews Cecil Puryear

BTW Class of 1935

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1935 JANUARY cont.

Eloise Queener Roberts

Anna Laura Reid

Myrtle Malrina Simons

Lee Andrew Waters

Earl Benjamin Williams

Cleomie Ulee Allen

Naomi Victoria Allen

Jacob R. Armster

Primrose Mercelee Barnwell

Eddie Alfred Battles

Lewis Booker Benthon

Constance Elnora Bethel

Lawrence Levy Bethel

Mable Marie Bethel

Beryl Gwendolyn Black

Naomi Elelyn Boyd

Hattie Louise Brace

Esther Elizabeth Bowen

Helen Catherine Britt

George Malanchton Alphonso Brown , Jr.

Percival Gustave Alphonso Brown

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1935

JUNE

Mary Louise Bullard

Joyce Harriett Butterfield

Emily Jane Carey

Nathaniel Laurel Carroll

William Frederick Clarke

Gladys Selucia Clayton

Grovner Cooper

Thomas Earl Crafton

Ronald Alonza Culmer

Jessie Lee Davis

Edna Mae Deveaux

Dorothy Sinclaire Dixon

Maxine Nancy Dunn

Roena Albertha Edgecomb

Robert Wade Evans, Jr.

Sarah Emberlene Farrington

Helen Mae Ferguson

Wilhelmena Rosa Lee Franks

Ethel Louise Gibson

Melves Sylvia Gibson

Maud Ethel Golbert

George Andrew Green

Mildred Long Green

Ophelia Hope Hampton

Allene Louise Hardy

Idella Barbarits Heastie

Viola Keva Heastie

Pauline Louise Higgs

Joseph Henry Hutcheson

Emerald Lorraine Johnson

Julia Carolyn Johnson

Edwin George Kelly

Walter Harrison Kelly

Lucille Lowrie

Ernestine Bernice Mack

Cleomie Sarah Mackey

Christina Dorothy Martin

Joe Andrew Marquess

Laura Beatrice Meadows

Queen Frankye Mickens

Mary Elaine Morris

Mable Fadelle Neal

Veronica Merzille Newbold

Franklin Benjamin Patten

Ruby Lorenza Pierce

John Wesley Pinkney

Gwendolyn Barbara Pryar

Vernelle Audrey Rahming

Herman Roosevelt Riou

Daphne Wilhelmenia Roberts

Eloise Viola Rollins

James Robert Rogers

Alice Leanora Sands

George Kenneth Sands

Helena Arnetta Saunders

Julia Mary Lee Savage

William Benjamin Sawyer, Jr.

John Robert Scott, Jr.

James Howard Sharpe

Ruby Simmons

Ruth Altamese Smith

Nathaniel Marshall Spann

Constance Carlotta Springer

Thelma Lorraine Staley

Fernly Taylor

Muriel Catherine Thompson

Bertha Mae Thurston

Josephine Doris Thurston

Sara Elizabeth Trapp

David Lawrence Turner

Cleomie Helena Ward

Eva Erma Weir

Margarette Elaine West

Annie Mae Williams

Chester Vancicle Williams

George Robert Williams

Inez Delores Williams

Mary Lou Young

Helen Jewel Zeigler

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1936 FEBRUARY

Inez Rhoda Cunningham

Adair Elizabeth Carroll

Arthur Alvoid De Maddox

Mildred Fredericka DeVeaux

Charles Marion Dent

BTW Class of 1935 (1985 Photo)

Merecedes Forsythe

Esther LaMonica Gardner

Theodore Jerome Hepburn

Dorothy Ovida Howard

Lovett Love Hutcheson

Henry James

Leroy Hezekiah Johnson

Benjamin Alexander Jones

Carrie Louise Jones

Margaret Rebecca Knowles

Alice Eastr Larkins

Clotilda Mackey

Winifred Blanche Matt

Amy Emmileana McKenzie

McKenzie Nelson Moore

James Bertram Poitier

Garth Coleridge Reeves

James Earl Reese

Sallie Belle Roberson

Corrina Elizabeth Rolle

Sara Elizabeth Rolle

William Phenis Russell, Jr.

Ralph Sawyer

Roderick Robert Silva

Ira Taylor Simmons, Jr.

Dorothy Smith

William Nathaniel Sutherland

Diana Barbarita Thurston

Grace Edwina Walker

Cleveland Phillip Wallace, Jr.

Gerthna Delores Williams

Willie Wilford Wilson, Jr.

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1936

JUNE

Morris Abrams

Valdaria Albury

Clarice Allen

Richard Allen

Eloise Barrett

Leola Bethel

George Bowles

Enid Carey

Adair Carroll

David Colebrooks

O’Connor Clark

Florence Cooper

Amaziah Cohen

Inez Cunningham Sara Davis

Charles Dent

Mildred DeVeaux

James Ellison

Wilhelmina Farrington

Harold Ferguson

Merecdes Forsythe

Esther Gardner

Samuel Hamilton

Theodore Hepburn

Susie Hopkins

Lillie Howard Levette Hutcherson

Henry James Carrie Jones

Leroy Johnson Ora Lee Johnson

Thelma Johnson Benjamin Jones Edna King Margaret Knowles

Darville Knowles

Alice Larkins

John Lord

Clotilda Mackey

Leola Mackey

Alvoid Maddox

John Robert Marks, Jr.

Winifred Matthews Amy McKenzie Ollie Melton

McKenzie Moore Marie Newton James Poitier William Poitier William Foster Samuel Payne Cleatha Powell

Margaret Powell Rosa Lee Prince

Garth Reeves

James Reese

Sallie Roberson

Corrine Rolle

Sara Rolle

Zilpha Rolle William Russell

Ira Simmons Ruth Smith

Rejoiner Smith William Sutherland

Diana Thurston

Cleveland Wallace

Learline Wallace

Frederick Weston

Learline Williams

Gertna Williams

Willie Wilson

Lucie Mae Williams

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1937 FEBRUARY

Mildred Bodie

Leterie Alphonso Brown

Sarah Carey Marjorie Cooper

Theresa Curtis

William Davis, Jr. Harry Valentino Dean Geneva Harris Arthur King Molessa Lampkin

Izora Moore

Arthur McPherson Marguarita Pratt Lucille Roberts Rosa Rolle

Emerald Alexander Scavella

Lillie Mae Shubert Roderick Silva

Frankye Straughter Helen Sweeting Lucille Timmons Mabel Williams Will Roger Williams

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1937 JUNE

Marie Adderly

Virginia Margery Bethel

Myrtle Mae Bowles

Vierie Alphonso Brown

Doris Florelle Carey

Vera Elizabeth Clare

Elizabeth Anna Clarke

Athalie Naomi Clayton

Thelma Lee Counts

Helen Harden

Mary Etta Hardie Agnes Carmetta Hepburn

Maudiline Elizabeth Hepburn

Leola Beatrice Henry

Wilhelmina Theodore Johnson

Celest Naomi LaVaughn

Susie Bell Outen

Willie Virginia Robinson

Pauline Inez Rocker

Ruth Virginia Sweeting

Sadie Mae Thompson

Joyce Harriet Tynes

George E. Butler

James Edward Emanuel

James Wesley Gillard

Maceo Alfonza Maddox

Elijah McKinney

Albert Alphonso Miller

Lucius M. Sanctious

Curtis Madison Smith

Harold A. Strachan

Frederick Lee Weston

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1938 FEBRUARY

Vernest Alexander

Frances Baxley

Irma Bodie

Lester Boggis

Bernice Cartwright

Lenora Damas

William Davis

Zola Mae Davis

Inez Duncombe

Verdell Forbes Ruth Gaitor

Lucille Gaire Jack Gibson

Laura Gilchrist

Malvese Hutcherson

Berner Hunter

Margarett Ingram

Syble Johnson

Ruby King

Altameas Moss

Katrina Nesbitt

Otillio Parker

Florine Rahming

Ruby Marks Reddick

Eunice Roberts

Erma Lee Sands

Carnetta Scavella

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1938

FEBRUARY cont.

Eugene Scott

Ruth Smith

Hubert Taylor

Eleanor Thomas Helena Thompson

Airlean Ware Blossie Lou Wright

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1938 JUNE

Florence Louvina Adderly

Laura Lee Adderly

Arnold Bruce Albury

Bonnie Mae Amana

Dorothy Elizabeth Anderson

Leonora Barbara Anderson

Harriet Victoria Atkinson

Agatha Florie Bacon

Clifford Nathaniel Barr

Mollie Beale

Valeria Sylvia Bethel

Winifred Yvonne Bethel

Verneka Marvis Bethel

Lucille Frederica Blade

Benjamin Black

Ethel Lee Bowes

Francis Gertrude Bowles

Clarania Virginia Braynon

Rena Mae Brooks

Hezekiah Alonzo Alphonso Brown

Wilhelmina Irene Alphonso Brown

Benjamin Bryant

Mary Elizabeth Bullard

Norman Henry Bullard

James Carl Burgess

William Henry Butler

Robert Austin Butler

Ruby Venetia Butterfield

Alfred Sinclair Cambridge Mariana Clark

Winifred Cleomie

Emmie Coakley

Elzona James Davis

Ida Elizabeth Henry Farrington

Edward George Foster

Lorenzo Alvory Frazier

Shedrick Edward Gilbert, Jr.

James Nathaniel Harris

John Wesley Howell

George Nathaniel Harris

John Wesley Howell

George Nathaniel Johnson

Myrtle Laura

Joseph Edward Lewis, Jr.

Charles Augustin Mackey

Olrick Mackey

Fred Martin

Franklin Edward Minnis

Frank McCaskill

Earl Hubert McLeod

Alonzo Fletcher Paschal

Roger William Paschal

Leonard James Maynard

Roberts

Carl Denzel Riou

W.B. Roux

Olga Rovenia

Rudolph Leon Sands

Benjamin Cleophus Taylor

Joseph Thompson

Jonathan Roland Tinker, Jr.

Emmitt Adger Twine

Jessie Wade

Walter Watson

Charles Harold Williams Gray Ulysses Williams Roger Williams Hubert Woodside Frank Young

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1939 FEBRUARY

Roy Boggs

Richard Allen Alphonso Brown

Maria Beatrice Cambridge

Charles Eugene Campbell

Lawrence Cooper Charles Augustus Dean

Theodore Roosevelt Ferguson

James Henry Gillam

John Harvard Gillam Lillian Goodman

Naomi Florenza Hyler Etta Fordyce Johnson Leatha Louise Johnson

Frank Theophilus Marquess

Wilbert Daniel Miller

Ella Mae Robinson

Lillian Scavella

James Augustus Silva

Arnold Samuel Smith

Aaron Jerome Staughter

Ivadell Louise Taylor

Ruby McBride Walton

John Christopher Williams

Naomi Lucile Williamson

Vivian Alfred Elizabeth Williams

Florence Armbrister

Edna Aimee Anton

Clement L. Barrow

Dorothy C. Black

Joshua Alphonso Brown

Charles E. Campbell

Glendena L. Carey

Ceitha Theresa Clarke

Emily T. Clarke

Christina Cohen

Bleneva Davis

Albert Edwards

Anna V. Farrington

Mildred E. Gray

Hazel G. Griffin

Ruby Lee Hall

Nattie Mae Hardwick

Lennie Rae Harris

Gwendolyn Mae Heastie James Lionel Hudson

John Austin Hudson, Jr.

Naomi Hyler

Agatha Katrina Johnson

Daniel Edger Johnson

Edward Gaylorde Kimball

Quentin Henry Knowles

Evelyn Knox

Bessie Mae Lampkin

Thomas Luther Lowrie

Erma Lee Mack

Marie Mackey

Marie Lenora Martin

Eula Mae Maxwell

Estella Mae Miller

Theodore Roosevelt Morris

Genesta Grace McPhee

Sara Louise Nathan

Juanita Lillian Neal

Thomas Franklin Payne

Flora Louise Porter

Elijah Daniel Rawes

Glover Rawes

Helen Beatrice Ray

Coral Lee Reed

Ernestine Constance Reed

Clara Adell Robinson

Lucius Council Rouse

Marjorie Louise Sands

Naomi Louise Stewart

Naomi Cleopatra Saunders

Bertha Lee Smith

Millicent Albertha Spicer

Marion Louise Stewart

Naomi Janet Strachan

Frances Naomi Sweeting

Virginia Evelyn Sweeting

Cyril Zacheous Taylor

Marie Louise Thompson

Ronald McKentine

Thompson, Jr.

Theresa Eris Thorpe

Elizabeth Frederick Wilkerson

Beatrice Catherine Williams

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1940 FEBRUARY

Dorothy Vernall Allen

Elizabeth Mae Bethel

Joyce Prescola Counts

Juanita Romona Duncombe

Marion Fredrick

Rufus Milton Hunter

Irene Elizabeth Ingraham

Homer Wyman Jackson

Newell James Johns

Oscar Thomas Johnson

Charles Arthur Matthews

Mildred Mavis

Earl Nottage

David Walter Sands

Edna Eloise Scavella

Catherine Mena Smith

Rosa Elizabeth smith

Harriet Jane Strachan

Mamie Lue Wells

Albert White

Emmett James Williams

Leroy Lenneth Williams

Inez Louise Woodside

Martha Rebecca Albury

India Earnestine Allen

Ellouise Bernice Bain

Reginald Barnett

Theodosia Batey

Helen Mae Bayles

Katie Alma Beale

Harold Anstin Bethel

Florence Clarice Alphonso Brown

Mable Larcina Alphonso Brown

George Richard Burns

Annie Blanche Canty

Gwendolyn Gertrude Carey

Ruby Charlotte Carey

Lucille Chapman

Laura Marguerita Childers

Eliza Jans Cohen

Lucille Yvonne Collier

William Harrison Collins

Marion Marie Dames

Jeremiah Doles

Ernest Lee Fayson

Coretha Althea Gardner

Hartmen James Gibson

Bertha Lee Glover

Rosa Mac Green

Leonora Wilhemenia Hepburn

William Henry Jackson

Alsaida Jereline Johnson

Georginna Virginia Johnson

Mary Louise Johnson Elva Jones

Lillian Marie Jones

Lillian Eloise Knowles

Estella Irene LaFleur

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1940 JUNE

Mysella Marie Lewis

Wilhemenia Marguarite Mackey

Emerald Miller

Enid Louise Miller

Vivian Harting Moss

Terry Parker

Marguerite Louise Pickney

Eloise Louise Pinder

Esther Elizabeth Rolle

Ruth Olivia Rollins

Arlington Sands

Wilhemenia Isadora Sands

Edwina Mildred Scavella

Bessie Mae Scrivens

Arthur Ernest Silva

Linnie Mae Smith

Francine Norma Stirrup

Daisy Victoria Stubbs

Marie Studivient

John Knowles Summons

Rwena Ethelyn Sweeting

Rosalind Blonetta Thomas

Ellen Louise Thompson

Naomi Elizabeth Ward

Johnnie Mae Watson

Irene Estelle Webb

Dorothie May Wheeler

James Lawrence White

Theodora Virginia White

Alma Wilhemenia Whiting

Pauline Catherine Wiggins

Virginia alecia Wilkinson

Ella Louise Woods

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1941

FEBRUARY

Doris Eloise Albury

Freddie Mae Ambrister

Clara Mae Bannerman

Bessie Elizabeth Barnwell

Vera Denesia Bynoe

Archibald Billmore Carey

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1941 FEBRUARY cont.

Robert Hullary Clark

Charles Colebrook

Elva Culmer

Hider R. Davis

Annie Mae Davis

Luella Agatha Delavoe

Theodore W. Edgecombe

Dorothy Evans

Elsie Selina Farrington

Catherine Georgia Faulkner

Cora Lee Ferguson

Juanita Winifred Hill

Willie George Kelly

Lemuel Kemp

Ida Mae Melvin

Thomas Victor Leroy Miller

Emmett J. Scott McGill

Katie Mae Outley

Mamie Ruth Taylor

Harold Arlester Thompson

Helen Altamese Tillman

Edward Arthur Wake

Vernall Louise Wallace

Alene Elizabeth Wetson

Victoria Louise Woodside

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1941

JUNE

Willie Mae Adderly

Margaret Elizabeth Aikens

Cleo Oscar Lavard Albury, Jr.

Victor Lafayette Albury

Eva Louise Beard

Doris Delores Brooks

Alfred Dennis Alphonso Brown

Leon Count Carter

Cecil Alexander Carr

Vera Maxine Charlow

Theda Elnora Christian

Delores Taylor-Colebrook

Ruth Florine Colebrook

Cameron Culmer

Lenora Elizabeth Damas

Wilhelmina Marie Davis

John Henry Dennis

Annie Lee Farmer

Leomie Ruth Ferguson

Henry Von Freeman

Vivian Modell Gainey

Mattie Lee Gibson

Yvonne Margueritte Gibson

Inez Louise Hanks

Eugenia Blessing Holly

Elodia Mae Hutcherson

Laurence Lottie Hutcherson

Mary Elizabeth Janette

Attelia Louise Johnson

Fredericka Eartha Johnson

Josephine Gwendolyn Johnson

Robert H. Jones

Johnnie Lamb

Joshua Alexander Lee

Charles Gerald Manuel, Jr.

Edward Scott Mapp

Preston Herbert Marshall, Jr.

Alice Mildred Martin

Albertha Corrine Miller

Elnora Louise Miller Rosa Lee Miller

Gloria Vashti Minnie

Mildred Elsadia Morley

Onie Mae McCullough

Ida Lee McHenry

Daisy Lenora McKenzie

Grace Elizabeth Nathan Victoria Nathan

Marjorie Janette Nimmo

Ella Pearl Pinder

Joseph W. Poitier, Jr. Wanda Mary Etta Rizer

Claudine Louise Roberts Mabel Lenora Rollins

Essie Mae Simmons

Lee Edna Sims

Merle Sarah Smith

Josephine Patricia Snyder Doreatha Anita Staten

Wilhelmina Hortense Stirrup Harolean Eleanor Stuart Ruth Eloise Symonette

Leaon Selkink Taylor Wilford Taylor S. H. Thomas

Leonard St. Douglas Thompson

Drucilla Arelea Thorpe

Grace Mary Townsend

Frances Elizabeth Wilkerson

Ronald Randall Young

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1942

JUNE

Charles Frederick Adderly

Delores Valeria Allen

Charles Leonard Anderson

Minnie Lucy Ayers

Beatrice Frances Bethel

Edna Bloneva Bethel

William Wilshire Bethel

Catherine Cornelius Bennett

Jesse James Belton

Mildred Bishop

Ella Geneva Boston

Posetta Renia Bradley

Frances Virginia Alphonso Brown

Edgar Nathaniel Alphonso Brown

BTW Class of 1942

Naomi Rosetta Burrows

Mercedes Hosie Byron

Altamese Caldwell

Helen Geneva Campbell

Ruth Marie Campbell

Mildred Loretta Carter

Annie Mae Cherry

Florence Cohen

Albertha Mae Clark

Eddie Lee Collins

Elizabeth Jewell Conyers

Lenora Clara Cooper

Arthur Lee Coverson

Rose Vernal Cox

Dora Lee Crane

Augustus Crumbley

Wilford Joseph Dames

Beatrice Davis

Darnell Davis

Dorothy Olivia Davis

Lucille Aurelia Davis

Susie Virginia Davis

Emma Louise Davis

Ernestine Yvonne Dawson

Richard Devaus, Jr.

Margarette Lerlene Donothan

Marjorie Ann Duncombe

Ruby Jean Edwards

Carrie Belle Evans

James Wilmington Farrington

Marie Ferguson

Juanita Finley

Livingston Forbes

Floria Belle Forbes

Cyril George Forcer

Arnold Gardner

Madeline Garcia

Lucille Beatrice Greer

Erma Elizabeth Gibson

Luella Graham

Vernon Errol Gray

George Enis Hepburn

Emanuel Frederick Hutcherson

Herman Mede Hunter

Bernard Ingraham

Margaret Violet Ingraham

Earl Jackson, Jr.

Thomas Mormon Jefferson Benjamin Johnson

Dorothy Johnson

Harold Johnson

Kenneth Lee Johnson

Dorothy Esther Jones

George Naron Kershaw

Eleanor Knowles

Mae Belle LaFleur

Theodora Delores LaFleur

Estelle Yvonne LaRoda

Ehtelyn Louise Lutley

Cecil Lloyd Mackey

Stewart Lawrence Matthews Waymon Owen Mears, Jr.

Willie Mae Martha Monroe

Elousie Symara Moore

Elton Moore

Cleo Yvonne Moseley

Eolyn Yvonne Murrell

Clyde Nelson

Mildred Dorothy Nimmo

Elsie Mae Norris

Frances Mae Osborn

Gladys Payne

Wyatt Payne

Beverly Jean Pedican Marion Frances Perry

Geraldine Margarett Pinkney

Sadie Mae Pinder

Mae Lizzie Pope

Germaine Delores Prosser

Alma Frankie Randolph

Reginald Rhodriquez

Elnora Laverne Ridley

Andrew James Robinson Sidney Robinson

Floyd E. Rogers

Wellington Rolle

Billie Livingston Ross

Robert Ross

Roland Sands

Victor Saunders

Tallies Slade

Albert Eugene Smith

Viola Elizabeth Smith

Harold Taliaferro Smith

Philbrook Smith

Vincese Mae Smith

Mildred Stirrup

Rachael Strain

Helen Ruth Strachan

Viola Ramona Strachan

Thomas Sutton

Mildred Inez Styles

Wilmette Arnetha Symonette

Grace Thompson

Elry Juanita Taylor

Wilma Jacqueline Wake Melnee Edythe Watley Evangle Watley

Gladys Evelyn Wheeler

James Perry Whitehead

Joseph Whitfield

Leo Whittick

Juanita Valdeline Wiley

Kenneth Thomas Williams

Mabel Williams

Monica Lee Williams

Katie Adriene Wilson Kelly Charles Wilson

Juanita Wims

Ruth Woods Arlester Young Janette Loretta Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1943 JANUARY

Frank Bowen

Henry Campbell

Leroy Cromartie Elston Davis

Heny Dotson

Thomas Farrington

Edward Hanna

Frank Johnson

Calvin Mapp Lewis Molden Daniel Powell

Nathaniel Powell

Alfred Romer

Robert Sargent

Norman Gibson

Edna Allen

Ivadell Anton Lillian Bethel Ethelyn Davis Hazel Demeritte

Emerald Hepburn Muriel Knowles

Elizabeth Lamb

Jennie Mae Mack Dorothy Major

Bertha McKenzie

Winifred Morley

Catherine Payne

Helen Payne

Daisy Peoples

Delores Perry Dorothy Owens

Ernestine Ross

Marion Ross

Fannie Smith

Hattie Walden

Genevieve Allen

Willie Mae Baker

Flora Banks

Eloise Barr

Lillian Barr

Mary L. Blacknell

Anna Bowe

Mary Burroughs

Ida Mae Calvin

Calvin Cambridge

Emma Lee Carr

Matthew Carr Lewis Charles Venola Cooper

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1943

JUNE

Marjorie Davis

Gerald Dean

Eloyce Demeritte Ruby Everette Lillian Ferguson Hazel Florence Viola Forbes Holsey Gray

Kathryn Guion, Jr.

Helen Hall

Booker T. Hayes

Emily Hanna

Elva Heastie

Jennie Hepburn

John Hepburn Bellie Holland

Elma Howard Etta Hudson Edith Jenkins Iris Johnson Wilbur Kelly

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1943

JUNE cont.

Marie Leonard

Rega Lockhart

Geneva Mackey

Eudora Marquess

Claude Marquess

Nella Mae Martin

Dorothy Robinson

Lottie Robinson

Emma Lee Rollins

Esther Rutherford Bernice Sanders Earl Agatha Silva Hannah smith John Smith

Josephine Spicer

Doris Stone Wilhelmena Strachan

Teola Strickland

Margaret Stubbs Bessie Sutton

Norman Sweeting Leadie Taylor

Lousie Toliver Doreene Turner Iris Tynes

Lillie Usher Althea Wake Ruth Ward Hazel Albertha George Wilkinson Inez Williams

Pearly Williams Bernice Miller Leon McCartney Carl McFarland

Calvin McKinney Doris McKinney George Miller

Leon Miller

Isaac Mobley

Eunice Moncur

Bloneva Moss

Bessie Rolle

Florence Moss Willis Murray Thelma Nottage

Alfred Oliphant

Mattie Pratt Freeman Pyles Evelyn Ray

Charles Ridley Dorothy Roberts Mereline Robert

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1943 AUGUST

Ruth Adderly

Dorothy Ball

Tereatha Campbell

Grace Carey Williams Dames Emma Davis Hazel Florence Mildred Gibson Oswald Johnson Margaret LaFleur Adell Lamb Floyd Lewis Whitney Minnis Eunice Moncur James Poitier Merline Roberts Mary Myrtice Smith Jessie Pearl Walker Thomas Walker Inez Williams Nettie Williams

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1944 JUNE

Mildred Eloise Abraham

Elizabeth Adams

Agatha Jacklin Albury

Elsie Lillian Albury

Anna Belle Alexander

Donnie Allen

Mary Elizabeth Anderson

Inez Armster

Frances Carol Armbrister

Mary Bentley

Orvil Eloise Bethel

Rudolph Fredericka Billings Lenora Helena Braynon Rose Mary Braynon

BTW Class of 1944 (1989 Photo)

Dorothy Alphonso Brown

Mildred Elease Alphonso Brown

Yvonne Calvina Alphonso Brown

Marie Burne

Bertha Mae Burrows

Erma Jane Butler

Audrey Eleanor Bryon Ann Carey Eunice Charlow Beulah Clark

Hazel Camilla Coachman

Veronica Marian Cooper

Marvin Leroy Curry, Jr.

Thelma Davis

Alice Albertine Dean

Glorida Louise Dean

Victor Delaware

Helen Mernett Dorsett

Sara Lee Durham Ruth Edwards

Lillian Valana Eulin

Leroy Arthur Evans

Elizabeth Rose Farrington Odessa Natalie Folsom

Bessie Harriett Forbes

Alonzo Francis

Cyril Gibson

Joyce Carolyn Gibson

Willie Evelyn Gibson

Alma Cadella Goodman

Charles William Gray Virginia Evelyn Green

Oliver Guion, Jr.

Mildred Catherine Harrison Williard Wilmore Hart

Beulah Blonevaa Hepburn

Lloyd George Hepburn

Edna Lenore Johnson

Lloyd Burnette Johnson

Miriam Louise Johnson

Noland Yorick Kemp

Hazel Albertha LaFluer

Manuel Sampson Liptrot

William Lomas

Calvin Clifford Marks

Fredericka Theresa Maura

Willa Mae Miller

Marion Clytie Mitchell

Edward Moore

Wilma Patricia Moncur

Willie Mae Moss

Lorraine Merca Murray

Althea Maria Myrie

Robert Thomas McCullough

Maggie Lue McDaniel

Alma Anabelle McLeod

David Alpin McKinney, Jr.

Mary Louise Nairn

Ossie Mae Norwood

Cynthia Parks

Queen Esther Pertee

Rachel Susan Pinder

Evelyn Juanita Pittman

Juanita Marion Pitts

Louis Henry Portlock, Jr.

Elsada Louise Ramos

Minerva Hortense Ramsey

Hattie Mae Riley

Essie Mae Robinson

Lenora Virginia Robinson

Geraldine Rolle

Miriam Louise Rolle

Marie Doretha Ross

Henry Joseph Rutledge, Jr.

Lorraine Gladys Sands

Priscilla Maude Saunders

Leona Frances Scavella

Rosebud Florida Silas

Ernest Sidney

Monica Silva

Ruby Lee Synder

Edna Mae Solomon

Carnetta Viola Smith

Eloise Anna Smith

Elnora Frances Smith

Julius Smith, Jr.

Martha Doretha Smith

Almeda Staten

Doris Mildred Stone

Leonora Louise Sweeting

Monica Silva

Ruby Lee Synder

Clifton Robert Taylor

Rosezena Taylor

June Theresa Thompson

Thomas Thompson

Elizabeth Clarice Turner

Carl Leroy Turnquest

Garnette Thomasena Walker

Martha Belle Washington

Florence Wheeler

Mary Ann White

Paula Delilah Williams

Phyllis Leofric Williams

Rowena Williams

Verbena Williams

Freddie Louise Wilson

Pansy Loretta Wilson

Dorothy Elmora Woods

Frances Veronica Woods

Juanita Wright

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1944 AUGUST

Gracie Lynette Allen

Archie Lee Ayers, Jr.

Iyanth Estelle Beason

Edward Joseph Braynon, Jr.

William Conrad Brockington, Jr.

Luther Alexander Bullard

George James Busbee, Jr.

Rosalee Vivian Cleare

Florence Louise Davis

Walter Leon Delancy

Effie V. Duncombe

Mafalada Evangaline Eulin

Adelle E. Evans

Beatrice Fisher

Harriet Bessie Forbes

John Henry Forbes, Jr.

Emmett Henry

Rosa Lee Hightower

Ruth Aleen Jones

Dorothy Lowe

Dorothy Mobley

Johnnie M. Moore

Joseph Brandon Myers

Dorothy Lenoise Rolle

Margaret Scrivens

Gladys Lerlene Simms

Leroy Alexander Smith

James Everett Spells

Louise Thomas

Earl Arlington Wells

Rhoda Jane Whittick

Evelyn Williams

Lee Ella Wright

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1945

JUNE

Willie Mae Allen

Leroy Bain

Frances Ballard

William Bethel

Dorothy Bostick

Bessie Brennan

Clara Alphonso Brown

John Bullard

William Burroughs

Hattie Mae Capers

Willard Carr

Leola Charlow

Ruth Christian

Robert Cleveland

Richard Cohen

Zeola Cohen

Boneva Collins

Virginia Cooper

Floyd Cordero

Evelyn Crawford Mary Culmer

Dorothy Curry Edwin Davis Mary Davis Naomi Davis

Ethel Dean

Millicent Demeritte

Blooming Donathan

Gloria Dorsett

Theodore Dorsey

Mildred Eason

Clifford Evans

Geraldine Farrington

Ethel Fayson

Arthur Ferguson

Gwendolyn Ferguson

Levy Gaston

Altheria Glass

Julia Green

Ruth Hall

Maureen Harris

Delores Hart

Florence Henderson

Rejester Hepburn

Ruth Hepburn

Rudolph Higgs

Ruth Hunter

Mary Hutcherson

Merdelle Jenkins

Lula Johnson

Ruth Johnson

Oscar Lee Jones

Dorothea Kelly

Willie Mae Kelly

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1945

JUNE cont.

Felton Kemp

Ivan King

Arthur Knowles

Gladys Lamb

Margaret Levett

Walter Lewis

Cynthia Lightbourne

Reatha Mae McCormick

Emma McKay

Edmund McCullough

Henry Mitchell

Samuel Moncur

Ora Moss

Lillian Newbold

Vivian Nimmo

Frankie Patton

Edna Mae Pedican

Ethel Pinder

Izella Pinder

Anna Rahmings

Leroy Reddick

Bobbie Roach

Oscar Robinson

Iva Rolle

Geraldine Rooks Gloria Rose

Doris Sallet

Bessie Sands

Brezetta Sands

Percival Saunders

Eric Scavella

Foe Scavella

Bernadine Sears

Willie Simmons

Mary Lee Singleton

Lerona Smith

Maedon Smith

Edward Stone

Alfonso Strachan

Carl Strachan

Madeline Sutherland

Selma Taylor

Dewey Tellis

Leona Thompson

Leonora Thompson

Vera Wallace

Marie Waldon

Marjorie Wake

William Wheeler

Rosa Lee Wilson

Ercie Winters

John Williams

Joseph Williams

Juanita Wolfe

Eunice Wooden Johnnie Mae Wyche

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1946

JUNE

Hazel Agatha Adderly

Jesse Henry Allen

Eugene Ellsworth Armbrister

Thomas Armbrister

Arvolean Janet Ayers

Arnett Louise Bethel

Annie Will Blackmon

Dorothy Lucille Blackshear

Louise Juanita Blatch

Norman Blatch

Florence Bowles

Robert Bozeman Almeta Alice Alphonso Brown

Cleveland Alphonso Brown

Francs Edith Alphonso Brown

Theresa Myrtis Alphonso Brown

Ethel Rene Campbell

Zephinniah Carr

Juanita Carter

Mary Louise Carter Gurth Anthony Cash

Edward Clark

Leonard Luther Clark Gwendolyn A. Coachman

Edith Lanier Coleman

Pauline Cooper

Delores Pauline Cox

Lucille Dames Sadie Dames

Bertha Marjorie Davis

Queen Doyle Doris Dunn

Janie Mae Elliot

Leila Elizabeth English Anna Augusta Evans

Ethel Mae Fayson

Willie Zerral Ferguson Capers Fuce Irene Galloway

Louis Gardner

Delores Gibson

Alease Gilcrease

Mildred Graham

Irma Green

Essie Lee Hamiter

Mamie Ethel Hamiter

Herbert Augustus Hanna

Lawrence Hargray

Robert Harris

Leole Nathalie Hart

Hazellar Modetha Haynes

Grace Louise Heastie

Ethel Lillian Hepburn

Catherine Higgs

Earl Issac Higgs

Roy Hines

Frederick Douglas Hudson

Issac Holland

Elizabeth Hutcherson

Thelma Hylor

Essie Mae Jackson

Idella Jackson

Margaret Juanita Jackson Willie James Jackson

Clara Lee Jenkins

Gloria Mae Johnson Wesley Johnson

BTW Class of 1946 (1989 Photo)

William Campbell Johnson

Laura Mae Jones

Mildred Jones

Robert Jones

Willie Jones

Carrie King

William Edcott King

Earnestine Kinsey

William Freddie Knowles

Daisy Louise Lankford

Jennie Mordelle Lankford

Luther Linder

Richard Lowe

Richard Mackey

Mary Elizabeth Major

Lillie Mae Marshall

Pinkie Lee Marshall

Gloria Elizabeth Martin

Raleigh Martin

Frances Moncur

Eartha Mae Moss

Pauline Moss

Jarry McCartney

Ruth McLeod

Cecile Beatrix McFadgon

Lucy Mae McKenzie

Wilfred James McKenzie

Laura Louise McNeal

Nathaniel Samuel McPhee

Arleen Foslyn Nixon

Dorothy Viola Nottage

Sybil Nottage

Kenneth Parks

Elouise Payne

Charlie Paterson

Marjorie Pemberton

Eva Margaret Peoples

Aurienta Pinder

Earlene Diana Pittman

Charlie Mae Powell

Anna Lee Rogers

Verdell Rogers

Catherine Mae Rolle

Dorothy Louise Rolle

Naomi Rolle

Ruby Rolle

Cornelius J. Ross

Charles Russell

Beatrice Willie Mae Saunders

Bertram Sears

Ethel A. Seymour

Thelma Slowe

Cynthia Fay Smith

Julia Smith

Lanora Smith

Sylvester Leroy Smith

Virginia Parkie Smith

Mae Frances Spivey

Dorothy Stephens

Myrtle Cynthia Stirrup

Dorothy Juanita Strachan

Hilda Mae Strachan

Maude Strachan

Lillian Verdell Strachan

William Robert Sutton

Pearl Sweeting

Addie Mae Tate

Doris Gladys Taylor

Nellie Taylor

James Wesley Teate

Jacie Thomas

Charles Turner

Grace Inez Vaughn

Athea Lucille Wake

Victor Elmer Ward

Frances Gladys Watson

Arlene White Wilbur White

Cassie Williams

John Williams Roney Williams

Henry Rudolph Wilson Maxine Evelyn Woods

Martha Woodside

Fowena Woodside Charles Mae Wyche

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1946 AUGUST

Ivadell Anton

Kenneth Laseilles Bethel

Norman Blatch

Labon George Bodie

Francis Edith Alphonso Brown

Marie Butler

Arthur Carey George Charlow

Christine Curvin Daniel Dames

Walter John Denard

Naomi Ruth Ferguson

Louis Gardner

Erma Jean Green

Benjamin J. Guildford, Jr. Erma Jean Green

Carl Richard Heastie

Samuel Higgs Hansel

Calvin Johnson

Harlie McKenzie

Wilfred McKenzie

Pilate McKinney

Mildred Perry

Annie Gertude Reid

Marion Robinson

Elsie Rolle

Robert Wilder

Gertrude Ophelia Williams

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1947

JUNE

Juanita Allen

Monica Allen

Gladys Anderson

Avorlean Ayers

John Victor Bain Pauline Banks Willard Bodie

Edward Lionel Borden Paul Borden

Delores Delrio Alphonso Brown

Lillie Bell Alphonso Brown

Annie M. Bryant Lillian P. Bullard

Beatrice E. Burroughs

Katie Lee Bush

Iva Butler

Veola Butler

Nathaniel Carter

Drucilla Cash

Georgiana Vivian Childs

Johnnie Mae Choice

Margaret Choice

Martha Clayton Herbert Cobb

Charlie Cohen Eddie Cole

Mary Lee Cole Bertram Colebrook

Leanna L. Cooper Johnnie Mae Crocket

Rachel C. Daise

Patricia Davis

Lucy Mae Davidson

William Dean

Sara M. Dennis

Queen Doyle

Jacqueline Edwards

Lawrence Espy

Agnes Eulin

Abra Lee Everett

Susie Mae Fambro

Matthew Fayson

Ben Ferguson

Fredericka Ferguson Hilton Ferguson

Millicent R. Fleming

Dollie Mae Florence

Virginia Forbes

Harold Leonard Francis

Doris Euleta Gibson

Fred Glass

Margaret Glass

Edith Meria Goa

Ezonia Goss

Cynthia Hannah

Geneva Harrison

Samuel H. Harrison

Franklin Henderson

Jacquelin Henderson Barbara Henry Helen Higgs

Gwendolyn M. Hill

Resha Reginal Hill

Delores Hudgins

Ruth Hudgins

Donald Hylor

Beatriz Jackson

Carrie Johnson

Edward Johnson

Ella Mae Johnson

Fletta M. Johnson

Henry Johnson

Joseph Johnson

Yvonne Johnson

Joyce Marjorie Jones

Kenneth Walter Jones

Doris Jean Jordan

Thirzah Estella Kemp

Isadora LaFleur

Martil Lang Alice Lightburn

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1947

JUNE cont.

Willie Mae Linder

James Lindsey

Emory Augusta Long

Wilbur Kenneth Love

Earnestine L. Mackey

Lorraine Mackey

Katherine Mapp

Joan Emmaline Marks

Pannie Boyd Marks

Helen Matthews

Dorothy M. McAllister

Carl McCartney

Alice Clotilda McLeod

Alva McLeod

Harold McCartney

Esther McKinney

Mozella Mills

Agartha Minnis

Rebecca Monroe

Lillian Moore

Willie Mae Moss

Willette Murrell

Katherine Nelson

Leona Nimmo

Willard T. Parks

Earl Tyrone Peavy

Moses L. Perry

Mary Elizabeth Pieze

Frederick Poitier

Lois Bernice Poole

Annie Gertrude Reid

Lovell Richardson

Elsie Rolle

David Rudolph Roberts Woodrow Roberts

Marion Robinson

Mildred Ann Robinson Charles C. Rogers

Leroy Franklin Rogers Ferne Rolle

Florence Rolle

Gloria Mae Rolle

Rosetta Rowe

Irene Russell

Anne Mae Sands

Grace Nerrissa Sands

Ansel Saunders

LaCruze Sawyer

Mary Seymour

Ollie Mae Sharpe

Miriam Cheues Simmons

Jacqueline Sims

Jenice Singletary

Vivian Jessie Slowe

Charles Smith

Corine Smith

Elizabeth Smith Evelyn L. Smith

Maggie Smith Vera Smith

Leroy Speed Johnnie Mae Stewart

Ida Elizabeth Storr

Catherine Sweeting

Dennis Thomas

Doris Thomas

Elizabeth Thomas

Eric Thompson

Mildred Thompson

Elouise Tooten

Alfonso Trail

Lula Maria Walker

Rosa Walker

Rose Marie Wallace

Wanza Leo Washington

Lois Mercedes White

Thomas Henry White

Ethel Mae Williams

Mamie Nunie Williams

Margaret Williams

Nathalie Williams Milton Wilson Mary Woods

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1948

JUNE

Jamesina Akpon

Johnnie Mae Allen

Annie Ambrose

Cyril Anderson

Esme Bain

Dorothy Ballard

Elizabeth Beasley

Rosa Lee Beneby

Bernice Bentley

Dorothy Bowens

Eleanor Braynon

Curlene Brice

Daisy Brooks

Clara Alphonso Brown

Mildred Alphonso Brown

Hernando Alphonso Brown

Mildred Cash

Vivian Clark

James Collie

Learna Chambers

Clement Cooper Eugene Cooper Arthur Davis

Maud Davis George Dean

BTW Class of 1947 (1989 Photo)

William Edwards

Ralphaletta Evans

Eddiween Fairbanks

Mary Frances Foley

Clarice Foster

Thomas Forsythe Willie Garrison

Augustus George Wilfred Gibson

Henry Goa

Annie Pearl Gordon

Ethel Gordon

Nathaniel Graham

Claretha Grant

Sallie Green James Gunn

Cassie Harley Mattie Pearl Hamiter

Charles Herout

Alkin Hepburn

Elisha Hepburn

Pearline Hepburn Evelyn Hield Rubye Hightower

Sylvia Jean Hines Mary Hughes Allen Johnson Eloise Johnson James Johnson Johnny Frank Johnson Nathaniel Johnson Lowell Johnson Austin Jones Lorenzo Jones Myrtle Jones Reginald Jones Rose Vivian Jones Bernice Kemp Daniel Knowles

Ernestine Latimer Arthur Leste Eugene Lewis Carolyn Lloyd Jean Lloyd James Love Joyce Major Florence Martin

Willie Maultsby Danzil McIntosh

Archie McKay Douglas McKinnon

Henry McKinney

Leonard Mills

Eugene Mobley

Vermell Morant

Gloria Morley Hilda Mortimore Dorothy Moss Mae Bell Moss

Leo Moss

Dora Bell Murphy Maggie Nelson John Olliff

Jerry Parks Wilhelmina Parks William Parks Arthur Perpall Thomas Pittman Will Otis Ricks Joyce Roach Daniel Rolle Ellen Jane Rolle

Rudolph Rolle Shirley Rolle Christine Salters

Betty Maxine Sands Wilma Saunders Wilfred Shellman

Juanita Simmons Albert Smith David Smith Dorothy Smith Geneva Smith Mary Smith Mary T. Smith Mercedes Stephens Lillian Strachan Anna Grace Sweeting

Marjorie Swavy

James Taylor George Taylor

Wendell Taylor

Dan Tellis

Bertha Terry Charles Thomas

David Thomas William Thompson

Willie Mae Thurston Homer Tucker Dewey Turner William Turner Charles Uptgrow

Pauline Victory

Ardis Wake

Willie Mae Walker

Rutha Mae Walkine Elmo Ward

Ernestine Ward Frederick Ward

LaFrances Washington Ernestine Ward

Angie Wells

Lovette Welters

Franciel Wesley Annis White

Queen Ester Wiggs Evelyn Williams Juanita Williams

Lillie Woods

Mary Louise Woods Cleora Woodside Eulie Woodside

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1949 JUNE

George Adams

Edna Joyce Alexander

Margaret Alexander

Oral Alexander Allen

Frank Atwell

James Jooseph Banks Rosa Lee Bennett

Louise Bently

Claude Leroy Blocker Mary Frances Blue Wade Blue Barbara Boles

Mary Bowe

Joseph Bowles

Bernice Boyd

Harold Braynon

Doris Brooks

Laura Alphonso Brown

Isadora Albertha Bullard

Virginia Verbena Campbell

Delores Bloneva Carey

Aletha Cash Clara Collins Bonnie Cooley

Winifred Cox

Delores Cassandra Culver

Benjamin King Buchanan

Robert Bullard

Charles Burnell

William Campbell

Nathaniel Carr

Charles Carroll

Earl Carrol

James Cash

Leonard Casso

Clarence Clark

Robert Clorie, Jr.

Remer Carroll Cobb

Arthur Coles

John Collier

Morris Coyners

Samuel Cooper

Enid Curtiss

Harold Alexander Damas

Thelma Louise Dames

Catherine Davis

Douglass Maison Davis

Emma Mae Davis

Samuel Davis

Betram H. Dean

Elsaida Elizabeth Dean Hazel Dean

Alean Joan Delaware

Hilda Mae Demeritte

Marjorie Demerritte

Dorothy Dillard

Phillip Dixon

Francena Duncombe

George Dyles

Charles Donald Edwards

Barbara Juanita Ellison

James Eulin

Conchita Evans

Eric Evans George Everette

Utha Mae Felts

Albert Ferguson

Deona Ferguson

Marjorie Ferguson

Zelma Mae Ferguson

Williams Ferguson

Erma Fernandez

Hallie Q. Finkley

Jacqueline D. Finley

Rosa Flemming

Arthur James Florence

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1949

JUNE cont.

Margaret Folsom

Helen Forbes

Thomas Francis Kenneth Fox

Cynthia V. Garvin

Mary Everett Gary Kathleen B. Gibson Massaline M. Gibson Lois Mae Gilbert

Arthur Glynn

Theodore Gray Orean Green Andrew Stelyard Hall Frank Hankerson Cortel L. Hanks

Cassie M. Harley

Curtis Miles Harley Marshall Harrison

Abie Harpe

Charles Hart Jackie Haywood Jean V. Henry George Hepburn Gloria Hepburn

Gladys L. Hield Mattie M. Holloman

Elva Hudson Elizabeth Hunter Carrie C. Huffman James Humbert Betty J. Ingraham Elmira S. Jackson Hettie A. Jackson

Johnnie M. Jackson

Carl Jenkins Mildred Jenkins Odell Johns Alma Johnson Bennette Johnson Bernice M. Johnson Blanche Johnson George Johnson Helen Johnson Henrietta Johnson John Johnson

Myrtis Johnson Pauline Johnson

Richard M. Johnson Rosa Aurora Johnson Wellington Johnson Moses Jones Ida Kemp

Flossie L. Kendrick Madeline Kennedy

Ollie M. Kimbrough

Louise Kincaid Lola Costello King

Leroy Knight

Vernell Knowles

Sidney Leroy Lakes Doretha Lewis

Eleanor Lewis Carol Lightbourne Dorothy Livingston Charles Lowe

Annie Augustus Lowrie Joe H. Marshall Willard L. Martin Ossie Mason

Vernetta Matthews

Dorothy McClellan Theodis McCoy Frankie McCullough

Dorothy McClellan

Annie Augustus Lowrie Vernetta Matthews Dorothy McDonald Marian McIntosh

Ada Mae McKinney

Willie Mae McKinney Mary Louise Meadows Perry Mitchell Lemuel Moncur John C. Morley Ruth Moses Lillian Moss Richard Mumroe Ernest Murray Percy Oliver

Jonathan Oliff

Arthur Pedican Earnese Brenda Peters Erma Lee Peters

Hattie Ruth Peterson Joseph C. Pieze Anna Pinder

Dorcas Louise Penn Margaret Jane Ramsey Leotha Rigby Margaret Rigby Virgil Rogers

Effie Delores Robinson Gwendolyn Robinson

Jeannie Robinson

Virgil Rogers

Yvonne Rolle

Roland Howard Rolle

Lefonsa Ross

William Ross

Theodore Russell Golbon Sands

Lorraine Sawyer

Dodson Schencks

Rivera Simmons

Delores Evelyn Sims

Alma Louise Smith

Annie Mae Smith

Luther Smith

Vera Smith

Theoders Solomon Daisy Mae Sparrow Samuel Stephens Wilfred Stirrup

Miriam Strachan

Henri Mae Stringer

Carolyn Stubbs

Sara Faye Simmons Gloria Sweeting

Velma Clemie Symonette

Lue Bertha Tate

Alvin Taylor Iva Mae Taylor

Arthur Thomas

Thelma Delores Thomas Agnes Frances Thompson

Billie Thompson

Altamese Thurman

Essie Mae Truitt

Quyline Turner

Gloria Wallace

Mary Walllace

Vincent Elmer Ward

Katie Mae Welch

Juanita West

William Rudolph Wheeler

Jewel Wiggins Lois Wiggins

Adriana Williams

Ella Lee Williams

John Wesley Williams

Juanita Belinda Williams

Juel E. Williams

Louise Williams Mary Pricilla Williams

BTW Class of 1949 (1989 Photo)

Paul Williams

Ethel Wilson

Leroy Wilson

Leroy Worthy

Garneta Wright

Wiley Wright

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1950 JUNE

Juanita Adams

Jasper Adderly

Barbara Albury

Jean Albury

Hubert Albury

Elma Anderson

Ernest Ambrister

Elois Atwell George Austin Alice Bain

Alfreida Baisden George Barrett

Essie M. Bentley

Phyllis Bode Gloria Boles

Lessie Branham George Bright Joseph Alphonso Brown Wellington S. Alphonso Brown Peter Buchanan Arzella Bryant

Irene Campbell

Kenneth Cardero

Johnnie Carr

Johnnie Carr

Mildred Carson

Zester Carson Carrie Clark Delores Clark

Janie Clark

Claude Cohen Issac Cohen Eugene Cole Albertha Collie Joyce Colebrooke Katie Coleman Bettye Conyers Shirley Crosson Helen Curry

Evvie Damese George Dean Kenneth Dean Ella Demeritte Dorrell Dorsett Valentine Dorsey William Edward Erna Evans James Farrington Kenneth Ferguson Mona Ferguson Theodore Ferguson Laura Flanders Johnnie Gervin

Hilry Gilbert

Lila Gloster

Cecil J. Grant

Doretha Graham

Robert C. Gullett

Andrew Hall

William Hall

Annie Hamilton

Cornelius Handfield Elthilda Hanna Wernetha Hanna Theo a. Hannah Elouise Harris Gladys Hart Allen Higgs Iris Hudson Allan Huffman Bernard Hunter Winifred Hunter Lewis Ingraham Delores Jackson Gloria Jackson James Jackson Lucious Jackson Mable Jackson Nicey Jackson Ann Jarrett Ann Johnson Arnold Johnson David Johnson Eunice Johnson George Johnson

Irene Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Franklin King

Ernest L. Knight

Eugene Knowles

Elizabeth Lamb Willie Lamb

Elizabeth Lazenby Willie Lewis

David Lightburn George Lightburn

Eleanor Lowe Melba Lucas Harold Lundy Carl Mahoney

Humphrey Mason

Adine McCullough

Robert McGruder Benjamin Miller Thomas Minns

Burbank Mitchell Charles Mobley Louise Moody Willie Morgan Rosa Monroe Quintus Moss Ronald Mounts

Joan Murrell Gladys Myers Robert Myers Carl Oliver

Newel Palacious Stephen Payne Goldman Perpall Alfonso Pinder

Ernestine Pittman

Elouise Plummer

Clarise Plummer

Johnnie Poole

Lois Poole

Kermith Porter

Evelyn Randolph

Idella Robinson

Alzadia Rogers

Albert Rolle

Blanche Rolle

Edward Rolle Willington Rolle Donald Sands

Helen Ward Sands Catherine Saunders

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1950

JUNE cont.

Mack Saunders

Ellen Scanes

Charlotte Scavalla

Florence Scavalla

Olie Bell Sellars

Emry B. Shelfer

Richard Shelfer

Vivian Shelman

Barbara Simmons

Ethel Simmons

Fredericka Simmons

Jean Singleton Rosa Singleton

Charles Smith

Lilian Smith

Livingston Smith Richard Smith Willie Smith

Juanita Solomon Norman Solomon Rosa Spence Oliver Spicer

Sallie L. Stephens

Juanita Stewart

Lolitha Stewart Gloria Stirrup

Alfred Storr

Nathaniel Strachan Laura Swavy

June Symonette Geneva Tarver Walter Taylor

Henry Tolliver

Bernice Tolliver

Mattie Thomas Coretha Thompson

RudolphThompson

Susie Thompson

Nathaniel Thurston

Mary Truesdale

Marie Mann Uptgrow

Willie Mae Uptgrow

Gladys Vining

James Walker

Dorothy Watkins

Lula Watkins

Marie Wideman

Barbara Williams

Barbara C. Williams

Constance Williams

Gleanese Williams

H. J. Williams

Iva Williams James Williams Mildred Williams

Leola Williams Velma Wilcox Elizabeth Wilson Verdell Wright Eugene Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1951

JUNE

Gloria Adderly

Robert B. Allen

Lillian Ambrister

Armstead Anderson Jeanette J. Aponte

Constance Archer Alphonso Austin Benjamin Austin Thelma Bain Bettye Barretta Ellen Bethel

Leonard Bethel Wilson Bethel

Harvey Bivins

Delores A. Bowe

Christina Brent

Clifford Alphonso Brown Edward Alphonso Brown

Harold Alphonso Brown

Jeanette Alphonso Brown

Sara Alphonso Brown Alonzo Bruton

Doris Burroughs

Cyril Campbell

Barbara Cambrige Osborne Carey Norma Cliette

Lawrence Coakley Charlie Cobb Lonnie Coleman Bessie C. Cooper Evelyn B. Cooper Leonard Cordero Clementine Culpepper David Curry Jacob Curry Isreal Curtis Gwendolyn Dames Eleanor M. Davis Janice Davis

Elvin Dean

Lee N. Donovan

Herbelene Dixon

Clifford Dorsey

Elizabeth Dunn

Lionel Ferguson

Samuel Ferguson

Thelma Ferguson

Helen Finley

Marquetta Flunory

Robert Ford

Ronald Franks

Dorothy Frazier

Essie Frazier

Gloria Fuller

Ida M. Galloway

Mary Galloway

Juanita Gardner George Gibson

Agnator Gordon James Graham

Emily Grant Rosella Gray Marion Green Beatrice Hamilton Mae Francis Hardy Mary Harold Janette Hield Lerlene Higgs

BTW Class of 1951 (1989 Photo)

Glorida Holland

Dimple Hopkins

Peggy Hopkins

Charles Hudson

Alice Humes

Hubert Humes

Juanita Humes

Inex Hunter

Ruthie L. Jackson

Norma James Margaret Jenkins Roslyn Jeter

Eartherine Johnson

Kathryn Johnson Virginia Johnson Aaron Jones

Gladston Kemp Sybil J. Kemp

Clinton T. Lacy Edith Mae Lamb Archie Lankford Albert Lewis

Rosebud Lightburn George Livingston Janie P. Mashack

Ulysses Mathis

Catherine McCartney Rudolph McCartney Joyce McCollay Edward McFord William G. McKenzie Annie M. McKinney Helen McMillon Winifred Minns Charles Mobley Robert Monroe Catherine Moon Mary E. Moore

James E. Morning Lorraine Mortimore Mary Moses Joseph Moss

Bernice Moxie

Cleomie Newbold

Barbara Oliver Carl Oliver

Thelma Oliff

Martha Plamer

Margie L. Parks

Genevieve W. Payne

Lucy Poole

Sara Portier

Carver Portlock

Betty J. Pratt

Gloria S. Pullom

Antonia O. Puyol Caddy Rawls Roman Reese Euriel Roberts Delores Roker

Frank Rolls Delores Ross Marian Ross

Susie Ross Theodore Ross Clyde Rudisel Thomas Samuels

Barbara Scanes Hiram Seymour Julius Simmons Rosemary Simmons Carl Smith Livingston Smith Ethel Solomon Oliver Stewart Elsie Strachan Minerva Strachan Sylvia Strachan James Swain Shirley Symonette Herbert Taylor Evelyn Thomas Melvin Thompson Phyllis Thompson Margarett Thurman Barbara Turner

Ides Turner Alexander Wake

Janie Walters Peggy Wallace Clarence Watkins

Johnnie Watkins Mary E. Watson Williams White Allen Williams Conoley Williams Edward Williams

Inez Williams Leroy Williams Lionel Williams Norbert Williams Uellen Williams

Willie D. Williams

John H. Wilson

Mamie Wilson

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1952

JUNE

Harriett Adams

James J. Adams

Charles Allen

Rutha Mae Allen Alfred Anderson

Leroy Anderson Valeria Anderson Ethel L. Armstrong

Yvonne M. Baine

Barbara J. Bethel

Mattie R. Bethune Charles Blake Edwina Bosfield

Glorida Braynon Josephine Alphonso Brown

Lorrene Alphonso Brown Rogers Alphonso Brown

Alfred Burke

Clarence Burley

Irene V. Burns Ormond Burnside Albert I. Bussey Francina Campbell Catherine Canada Lila Mae Carey Sherman A. Carey Janie Carr Jean T. Carroll Ernestine Carter Deloris Charles Jean Clark

Benjamin Clarke Charles Clarke

Joseph N. Coleman Arnita Cook

Elzina Cooper Kirkwood Cooper Virginia Cooper Jimmie Crockett Dolletha Curry Alice J. Dandy George Davis Gladys Davis

James E. Davis

Mary Davis

Mizpah M. Davis

Bettye Dawkins

Marie Dean

Ula Mae Dean

Willie Mae Dean

Elzeda L. Dennis

Dorothy Dixon

Shirley Donovan

Vernell P. Deas

Granville Dorsett

Stanley Dorsey

Frances Duncan Barbara J. Dunn

Arthur Eulin

Charles L. Evans

Dorothy Evans

James W. Bridges Louise P. Bright Benjamin Alphonso Brown

Eugenia A. Evans Marian G. Fennell

Ernestine Ferguson

Frances Ferguson

Gloria D. Ferguson

Gwendolyn Florence Charles C. Forrester

Eugene Francis Willie A. Futch

Tommie Garrison

Bennie Gibbs

Ponce Gibbs

John H. Gibson

Norma A. Gibson

Cynthia Glass

Barbara Glover

Katie B. Goldsmith

Margueritte Gonzales

Charles Gordon

Fred Grant

Virginia Grant

Willie Harris

Dorothy M. Hart

Millicent Hart

Johnny Hawkins

Norman Shirley Heastie

Raymond Heastie Joyce Hepburn

Phillip Hepburn Louise E. Hicks

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1952 JUNE cont.

Delores Hill

Vivian Hill

Forrestine Hines

Dorothy L. Hield

Kay Ouida Holton

Isabella Hopkins

Thelma Holmes Daniel O. Horne

Arthurine Hunter

Robert Hunter

Hattie L. Ingraham Ronald A. Ingraham

Lee Artist Ingram Louise I. Jackson

Vera M. Jackson Nelson Jenkins Willie Jenkins

Althea R. Johnson

Henry N. Johnson Mae A. Johnson

Mitchell Johnson Nathaniel Johnson Virginia Johnson Eva Jones

Ida Sadie Kelly

Lula Mae Kemp

Frances C. Kennedy Lorenzo Kennedy Dorothy Knowles

Garnett O. Knowles

Helen Lawrence Rudolph Leverity

William J. Lynch

John L. Mason

Delores D. Martin

Josephine Mattews Vernon Mays

Ralph McCartney Edward McGill

Delores McClellan

LaClyde McGee

Floria M. Melton

Alphonso Meuse

Jerry Minns

Odell McMillon

Leslie Minnis

Dorothy Mitchell

June A. Moncur

Edna M. Monroe

Fred Alfred Monroe

Fred A. Morley

Joseph Murphy

Albertha B. Nelson Joel A. Nesbitt

Lois A. Odum

Richard Phillip Clifford Pierce

Lloyd Pinder Dudley Pinder

Clarence Pittman

Annie M. Poitier

Freddie Quinn Ernest E. Reeves Marie Roach Anthony Robert Mattie Roberts Clarence Robinson Francita Rolle

Gene Rolle

Iva Della Rolle

Naomi Rolle Richard Rolle

Frederick Saunders

Marian Saunders

James W. Sawyer

Noland Seymour Charles Smith

Dorothy Lee Smith Edward Smith Frankie M. Smith

Ida M. Smith

Maureen Stafford

Linda M. Stewart

Roosevelt Sullivan

Dorothy Taylor Alice Stephens Renford Taylor Ethel Terry Charles Thomas Leila Thomas Mary Thomas Cecil Thompson Curtis W. Tookes Helen T. Trotman John Truesdale Robert Tucker Alfred Walker Berty June Walker George Washington William Washington Leamont A. White Enoch Whitehead Deloris Williams Eloise Williams Joseph Williams Farrie Lee Williams Leomise Williams Milton Williams Levi B. Wilson Theresa L. Winder Amaretha Ward

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1953 JUNE

Isreal Adderley

Mary Elizabeth Adderly

Rosa M. Adderly

Constance Albury

Earl Elisha Allen

Ruthie Mae Allen

Ella Jean Ambrose

Loretha Anderson

Theophilus Alex Archer

William Wesley Armstrong

Gwendolyn Naomi Bain

Irene Baldwin

William Barber

Major Sherman Bell

Donald Bellamy

Delores Cynthia Beneby Jean Marie Bethune

John Wesley Blue

Anna Belle Brevard

Joan Madeline Boathe Susie Bonaparte

Lillie Bea Boyd

Gloria A. Bradley

Shirley Mae Bradshaw

Blondell Lonita Alphonso Brown Clinton Alphonso Brown

Corine Susan Alphonso Brown Isaiah Alphonso Brown

Minerva Virginia Alphonso Brown Sylvia Patricia Alphonso Brown

BTW Class of 1953 (1989 Photo)

Theodore Alphonso Brown

Basheva Gray Bryant

Naomi Bullard

Rosa Lee Bullard

Dorothy May Burney

Beatrice Burroughs

Roland C. Burroughs

Thomas William Butts

James Campbell

Lozina Carr

Theodore Edward Carr

Grady Carson

Milton Carson

Catherine Marva Carter

Leonard Clark

Arnett Willie Clarke

Leroy Leonard Clarke

Theodore Harold Clarke

David Cobb

Lula Mae Gray Colebrook

Kelsey Eugene Collie

James Columbus Cook

Albert Wellington Cooks

Maude Margarette Cooper

Johnnie E. Crossley

Edna Delores Dames

Hessie Mae Daniels

Cupidine Davis

Oscar Davis

Gloria Jean Dawkins

Earnest Joseph Dawkins Avorn Dean

Louise Dean

Edwin Theodore Demeritte

Zellena Elizabeth Demery

Rosa Durham

Naomi Peggy Ellis

Herman English

Johnnie Lee English

Ozie Delores Ervin

Gloria Florence Evans

Juanita Farrington

Beatrice Ferguson

Doris Joan Ferguson

Blondell Flowers

Theodore Flunory

Marva Gladys Forbes

James Mullins Ford

John Andrew Ford

Samuel James Futch

Raymond Edward

Raymond Edward Galloway

Dorothy Mae Gibbs

Juanita Iona Gibson

Ruth Rosalyn Gibson

Catherine Margaret Glover

John Alexander Grant

Joel William Gullett

Josie Mae Guyton

Delores Margaret Hagin

Juanita Hall

Mildred Hanna Ernestine Harden

Barbara Jean Harrison

Birdell Lesley Hart

Frances Herring

Olin DeWitt Hester

Joe Wenfred Hicks

Barbara Jean Higgs

James Frederick Hines

Elnora Beverly Hodge

Edna Mae Holliday

Bernice Deloris Holt

Frank Tyrone Howard

Dorothy Louise Howell

Gloria Maxine Hughes

Gladys Marie Humes

Homer Humphrey, Jr.

Victor Delano Hunter

Doris Louise Jackson

Royce E. Jackson

Windsor G. Jackson

Ulysses Jackson

Elois Loritha James

Jerona Emargrett Jamison

Cynthia Evonne Johnson

Leonora Theresa Johnson

Patricia G. Johnson

Naomi Jones

Ella Lois Jones

Mary lee Jordan

Peggy Louise Joyner

Margaret Lee Keaton

Charles Harry Kelly

Dorothy Roberta King

Marian Cornelius King

Harolene Lamb

Catherine Carolyn Leaks

Annie Grace Lee

Rosa Lee Lester

Arthur Mackey

Clarence Leon Mackey

Thomas Marshall

Frederick D. McCaskill

Ivan McCaskill

Rachel Elsie McFarland

Ralpha McIntosh

Dorothy I. McIntosh

Lorine McKinney

Juanita D. Major

Eunice Carol Mann

Sara Eliza Meuse

Gladys Miller Rozelia T. Moore

Sam Moore

James Albertson Morris

Katherine Morris

Lucille Moseley

Charinus V. Moss

Jacqueline Moss

Lucille R. Mounts

Cylde Murray Eugene Murray

Willie Mae Myers

Shirley M. Newbold

Cleomie D. Norris

Delores O’Brien

Willie Phillip O’Brien

Ruth Oliver

Florence Owens

Mary Beatrice Palmer

Bernard Parks

Iryse Paul

Duke Ellington Perpall

Lutheria Rachel Perpall

Ernestine Yvette Perry Johnnie Pierce

Juanita Dorothy Reid

Rosetta Virginia Robinson

Rosetta Virginia Robinson

Elliott Nathaniel Rolle

Hubert Donald Rolle

Joyce Sylvia Rolle

Rosa Belle Rolle

Thelma Ross

Sara Jean Rucker

Doris Rutledge

Bennie Will Samuels

Amos T. Saunders

Thomas Scott

Barbara Ann Session

Annie Mae Seymour

Barbara Elizabeth Seymour

Jacquelyn Juanita Seymour

Annie Dora Shepherd

Delores Smith

Ida Smith

Joseph C. Smith

Kirksey Halceon St. George

Eschol Sutton

Merlene Swain

John Sweeting, Jr.

Rudolph Sweeting

Safford James Sweeting

Cynthia Symonette

Moses Theophilus Talbot

Freddy Mae Taylor

Richmond Taylor

Johnnie Lee Tellis, Jr.

Gloria Thomas

Jean Maxine Thompson

Mary Elizabeth Thompson

Parthenia LaSette Times

Rosa Lee Triplett

Marva Robertha Trotman

Arthur Truitt

Ruby Lee Tucker

William A. Turner

Mildred Ruth Walker

Monroe A. Walton

Hugh Phillip Welch

Lindsay Whitehead

Rosalind Loretha Wilburn

Jack Thomas Wilford

Leroy W. Wilkerson

Alice Louise Williams

Elizabeth Williams

Donald King Williams

Edwin A. Williams

Francine Elizabeth Williams

Irene E. Williams

Johnnie Williams

Mazie G. Williams

Myrtis E. Williams

Otis B. Williams

Arie Bell Witherspoon

Louis Womack

Anna L. Woodard

Audrey Wright

Jess Edward Wright

GRADUATION

JUNE

Mary Adams

Henry Albury

Yvonne Albury

Albert Allman

Frank Andrews

John Ashe

Robert Atwell

Carolyn Bain

Lola D. Barber

CLASS OF 1954

Johnnie M. Benjamin

James Bennett

Haywood Benson

Earl Bethel

Henry Bethel

Joetta Black

Lelia Booker

Ethel Mae Bowens

Alfred Bradshaw

Albertha Brooks

Clarence Alphonso Brown

Frank Alphonso Brown

Leonard Alphonso Brown

Mary Alice Alphonso Brown

Gwendolyn Alphonso Brown

Robert Alphonso Brown Elouise D. Bryant Carroll Buchanan

Lillian Bullard

Annie Burley

Lessie Campbell Norman Carey Jane Cash Marian Cathwright Robert Chinn

Georgia Mae Clifton William Clark James Clarke

Rosemary Clarke Clarence Clear

Gaynell S. Cohen Gloria Coleman

Cornelius Cook

Willie Cooper Irwin Culmer

Lessie Curry

Delores Davis

Frances Davis

Jerry Davis

Joseph W. Davis

Phillip Davis

Edward Day

Alethia Dean Peggy

Frances DeVeaux

Yvonne DeVeaux

Vivian Dixon Ethelene Evans

Phyllis T. Evans

Raymond Farrington

Gloria Ferguson James Floyd

Irene Forbes

Leanna Forbes William Forbes

Emile V. Fortune

James Y. Foulkes

Leila Franklin Peggy Gabriel George Gates

Thomas Glass Victoria Gibson

Hattie Gilbert

Malvese Glass

Joan J. Glover

Judy Goldsmith

Theodore Graham Josephine Green Tee Stewart Greet

Catherine Griffin Milton Hall Bertha Mae Hanks

Edward Hanna John Harris

Jean Hepburn Reubin Hepburn

Juanita Higgs

Annie Hill

Ernestine Hines

Willie Holmes

Evelyn Horton

Margaret Hudson

Dana Hunt

Shirley Hunter

Christell Ingraham

George H. Ingraham Ann Jackson

Martha Jackson

Dorothy James

Bettye Jenkins

Joyce E. Jenkins

Doris Jinks

Carl Johnson

Charles E. Johnson

Charlie Johnson Kenneth Johnson

Levertus Jones

Roosevelt Kenderick

Eugene Kincaide

Vera E. Knowles

Kathryn Lane

Gloria F. Laverity

JoAnn Lawrence

Edward Lawson

Harold Lundy

George F. Martin

Rudell F. Mashack

John Henry McArthur

Annie McIntosh

Louise McKenzie

Reba McQueen

BTW Class of 1954 (1989 Photo)

Gwendolyn Miller

Jerelean Miller

Juanita Ann Mims

Mary M. Minnis

Doretha D. Mitchell

Jesse Mitchum

Dorothy Mobley

Doris Montgomery

Harver Mortimer

Evelyn Moss

William R. Moss

Mary Mumford

Bettye J. Nealy

Barbara Neely

Joseph Nicholas Steve Norris

Theodore Payne

Barbara Perpall

Eddie Peters

Isabelle Poole

Mary Poole

Mary Powell Clinzell Ray

Evelyn Rayam

Dorothy Redd

Grace E. Roach

Theophilus Roach

Althea Roberts

Eleanor Rolle

Elizabeth Rolle

Louise Rolle

Jeanette Rollins

Rosa Mae Ross

John Edward Roundtree

James Rutherford

Robert Sanders

Verdell D. Saunders

Willie Saunders

Amanda Seabrook

Cecelia Session

Mable A. Scavella

Bettye J. Simmons

Lorenzo Sims

Bernard Singleton

Alva Smith

James Smith

Theodore Smith Willie Bell Smith

Corine Stokes

Carolyn Stubbs

Meredith Swain

Carl Sutton

Bettye Sutton

Lillie Taylor

Jennie Thompson

Millicent K. Thompson

Carlton Willie Times

Saphoria Tolbert James Walden

Albert Walker Mildred Walker

Phillip Wallace George Ward

Josie Washington

Willie Waters

Eva Mae Watts Milton Welch Irene Wesley George White James White Mildred White Barbara Wiggins Henrietta Wiggins Charles Wilford Charles Williams

Lorna Williams Rodney Williams

Rubye Williams

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1955

JUNE

Collins Allen

Lonnie Arline

Eddie Roy Armstrong

David Atwell

Thomas Lee Barnes

Inez Alma Basden

Richard Henry Basden

William Bell

James Berry

Albert Bethel

Mary Virginia Black

Ella Mae Bloom

Arie Belle Blue

Barbara J. Boney

Marva Bouie

Gladys Bell Alphonso Brown

Iva Lucille Alphonso Brown

Samuel Alphonso Brown

Earnestine Bryant

Ella Mae Bryant

Theodore Enos Burrows

Alfonso Burnside

Hyacintha R. Burnside

Betty Jean Burroughs

Betty Delores Butler

Clifford Butler

Edith Margaret Butts

Gwendolyn V. Cartwright

Furgaria B. Ceasor

Mark Chapman

Dorothy M. Chester

Betty J. Christian

Angelean K. Clark

Willie James Clarke

Herbert Clemons

George Clifton

Mamie V. Cohen

Christopher Cole James Earl Daniels

Mary L. Daniels

Alba Davis

Delores C. Davis Emeron Davis Evelyn L. Davis

Henry Joseph Davis James N. Davis Rosa Lee Dawkins Carmen E. Dean Margaret Demery Mary Etta Dixon

Loretta Dolphus James Dunnell

Julia Dwight Catherine English Mary L. Eulin

Dencile Eve

Carl Beverly Fenell

Carl E. Ferguson

Earl Alonza Finley

Cassie V. Floyd

Bertha Forbes

Mary E. Forbes

David A. Foster

Gracie Fowler

Jacquelyn Frazier

Alex M. Freeman

Samuel Gabriel Ulysses Glyn

Dorothy Gaitor

Hattie Garrett

Evangeline Gibson

Merletta Gordon

Juanita Gray

William Floyd Greer

Thomas James Griffin

Marilyn Hall

Wilhelmina Hampton

Freddie D. Hankerson

Wilhelmina Hepburn

Samuel Higgs

Ernestine R. Hines

Alice M. Holiday

Jessie Holmes

Barbara Howell

Harold Hunt

Ruth Elizabeth Hunt

Dorothy Ann Hunter

Willie James Jackson

Carmetta Johnson

Christopher Johnson Hershel D. Johnson

Mattie L. Johnson

Rosie Mare Johnson

Dorothy Mae Kelly

Edison Kemp

Pearline D. King

Robert a King

Alzonia Kirkland

Leroy Kirkland

Willie L. Knowles

Gracie M. Lankford

Delores Vandelyn Love

Margaret Lundy

Elouise Major

Joseph Kenneth Major

Juanita D. Manuel

Betty J. March

Preston W. Marshall

Robert Edward Mason

Walter McDaniel

John Albert McKinney

Vernald Leon McKinney

Maxine McKenzie

Herman McPhee

James McPhee

Willie James Mills

Eleanor Minnis Harold Mitchell

Lillie G. Mond Boyd Moses Lawrence Howard Moss

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1955 JUNE cont.

David Mumford

David B. Murphy

Murray Freddie

Verna E. Neely

Gorema Nicholas

Mary L. Oliver

Gary Parks

Theodore Passmore

Richard Patterson

Willie M. Perkins

Juanita v. Peterson

Leo H. Pierce

Yvonne A. Puyol

Evelyn Quarterman

Earnestine S. Redd

John Alwyn Richards Elizabeth Richardson

Essie Mae Riley

Fredricka V. Riley

Burnell Robertson

Alvin J. Robinson Evelyn Robinson

Agnes Ophelia Rolle

Barbara Jean Rolle

June Rolle

Betty Jean Rumph Alex r. Sampson

Sylvester Samuel Alphonso R. Sanders

Margretta Sanders

JoAnn Sands

Maxine Helen Scott

Mervin Scott

Shirley Jean Silas

Constance L. Smith

Edwina Smith

James Smith

Mary Alice Smith

Eugene Spence

Antionette L. Spicer

Evans Hale Starke

Betty Ann Stevens

Daisy T. Stirrup

Frances D. Stirrup

Harold Stirrup

Clotie Stockston

Eugene B. Strachan

Earlene E. Strong Helen A. Stovall

Evelyn D. Swain

Carrol Symonette Catherine W. Taylor

Clifton Taylor Daisy C. Taylor

Loretta B. Terrell

Cleveland Thomas Elizabeth Thomas Sonia T. Thompson Ruby E. Truesdale

Iris Tucker Loretha M. Turner

Mary Tyson Maxine Walker

Catherine Wallace

Annie M. Washington

Alice Mae White

DeOtis Williams

Earl P. Williams

Gwendolyn D. Williams

Mary E. Williams

Mildred Lee Williams

Ollie A. Williams

Lomia Mary Winder

BTW Class of 1955 (1989 Photo)

Eva Mae Woods

Francis Jean Woods

Donald Woodside Florence T. Young Mae Rose Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1956 JUNE

Johnnie Mae Adams

Davis Adderly

Leo A. Adderly

Willis Albury

Annie Grace Allen

Gloria Ambrister

Marie Myzella Andrews

Arnold A. Aranha

Richard A. Ashe Clarence Bain Annie Ruth Banks

Bettie Jean Banks

Troy Lee Batton James A. Basden

Mildred Beasley Geneva L. Bethel

Velma Rosalyn Bethune

Earnestine Blue

Patsy Boggis

Carolyn J. Booker

Charles Boykins

Lamar S. Alphonso Brown

Laretha Alphonso Brown

Edward W. Bullard

Viola Butler

Shelia Caesar Betty J. Campbell

Nellie Ellen Carlis

Herbert Carter

Oscar Chapman

Virginia Chester

Bessie Clark

Minnie Lee Clark

Rosa Bella Clark

Shirley Ann Cole

Delores E. Collie

Annette R. Coley

Henry Cooper

Bessie Cox

Norman W. Cox

William E. Cox

Evadney Curlin Bernice D. Curry

Beatrice Dalton

Ruby L. Daniels

Samuel Daniels

Albert Davis

Doristine Davis

June M. Davis

Katie R. Davis

Marvin A. Day

Shirley Dorrell

Floyd W. Dorsett

Leon T. Dorsett

Minnie Douglas

Betty C. Dukes

Richard P. Dunn

Shirley A. Edden

Yvonne Evans

James C. Edward

Arthur Ethridge

Frank Ferguson Randolph Fields

Thomasena Fields

Gladys Fisher

Maliciah Flemmings

Ondrea Folsom

Florentine Foulkes

Willie French

Helen L. Gardiner

Cora Garrison

Doris Lee Garrison

Dan Gaskin

Richard Gaskin

Jacquelyn Goldsmith

Deloris Gordan

Barbara Jean Gray George Griffin

Luis Mae Hadden

Ellington Hall

Willie Hankerson

James Hanks

Annie E. Harris

Daisy Marie Harris

Irene V. Harris

Mary Jane Harris

Edward Hawkins

Benjamin D. Heidt

Patsy Hepburn

Wally Felicia Hill

James Holland

Lottie M. Holmes

Doris Humbert

Farris Hunt

James Hyler

Evelyn Jackson

Mattie Lee James

Pearline Jenkins

Delores R. Jinks

Beatrice L. Johnson

Leona C. Johnson

Ralph Johnson

Thelma J Johnson

Isabelle V. Jones

James R. Jones Henry A. Kelly

Jacob Kelly

Samuel Kemp

Bobbie Kendrick Ravenal Kitchen

Annie J. Luckie

Lawrence Mackey

Maebelle E. Mackey

Willie L. Mackey Rubin C. Madison

McKenra Mahone

Samuel E. March

Frankie Marshall

Anita L. McCray

Helen McCray

Lawrence McGill

Samuel E. McPhee

Gilbert Michael Ivis L. Mikell

Thelmarie Mitchell Willie I. Mitchell

Shirley Mobley Josephine Monroe

Victor E. Morley

Gloria Newbold

Clarette Oliver George B. O’Neal

Robert Parker

Robert K. Payne

Shirley Payne

Thelma Payne

Nettie M. Pearson

Aaron Perkins Christine Perkins James Perkins

Ernestine Phillips

James A. Pollock

Euncie Pooler Adrain Puyol

Patsy Rahmmns

Shirley Rambeau

Myrna Range

Patrick Range

Yvonne Reed

Alice F. Reeves

Lucius V. Reeves

Leroy Richardson

Annie R. Reliford

Arlogia Rhymes

Eugene Rigby Annie Riley Tess Richard

Herman R. Riou

Peggy Roach Alphonso Roberts Richard Roberts Wilda E. Roberts Gaynell Robinson Walter Rolle Barbara J. Ross George Ross Loretta Ross

Freddie Rutledge Maxine E. Scott Lorenzo Seymour Elmo Shaw

James E. Sims

William Smart Elaine M. Smith Jessie Smith Louise Smith Maurice Smith Rita Mae Smith

Ruby Lee Smith Sylvia H. Spence

William Spicer

Celestine D. Stanford

Willie Mae Stephens

Mary Louise Stewert

Dorothy F. Stevenson

Thomas J. Storr

Barbara Jean Strachan

Catherine Symonette

Clifford Taylor

Louis Taylor

Alonza Thomas

Elease Thompson

Paul Thompson Helen Usher

Loretta Walker Newton Wallace

Ethel Washington

George Washington

Janie Grace Weeks

Annie Mae Welbon

John W. White

Viola White Elizabeth Whittaker

Geraldine Wilford

Bernese Barbara Williams

Dorothy Williams

James Williams

Melvia E. Williams

Robert Williams

Thelma Williams

Adell Yvonne World

Gwinette Delores Wright David Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1957 JUNE

Janice Adams

Queen Eta Adams

Cleora Albury

Herman Allen

Juanita Anderson

Janice Aranha

Julia Avant

Horace Bain

Betty Jean Bell

Carolyn Y. Bennett

Dorothy Billingslea

Richmond Blackshear

Alberta Alphonso Brown

Fay Melrose Alphonso Brown

Joyce M. Alphonso Brown

Margaret H. Alphonso Brown

Betty J. Brunson

Carrie Lou Bryant

Annette Bullard

James Bullard

Ralph Burns

Donald Burton

Mae Ella Burton

Leon F. Butler

Millicent Butler

Phyllis Butler

Rosa Lee Butler

Robert F. Bynoe Jacaueline Byron

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1957

JUNE cont.

Bernice Carter

Ada Clark

Ernestine Clarke

Mary Clarke

Fernella Cobb

Lawrence Cochran

Robert Coleman

Richard A. Collins

William Collins Gaynell Cook

Eddie Cooper

Theodore Cooper

James Crawford Henry Cunningham

Lillie M. Cunningham

Leon Curry Bloneva Dames Clara L. Daniels Alice Davis

Georgena Davis

Johnnie Ruth Davis

Earnestine Dawkins

Pauline F. Dawkins

Jacquelyn K. Day Arlington Dean Barbara Denson

Earl Dean

Arthur Demerit

Dennis Donaldson

Frank Dorrell

Helen Faison

Mamie Y. Ferline

Ernest Fernandez James Ferrell

Abraham Fields

Betty Jean Finney

Walter Fisher

Robert L. Flowers

Eugene Forbes, Jr.

Juanita Ford

Wilbert D. Gainey

Rufus Gantt

Beulah Gardiner

Damolene Gibson

Lucille Ann Gibson

Vanderlyn Glinton

John Douglas Glover

Justina Green

Frank Griffin

Charlie Guyton Dorothy Hadley

Aletha Mae Hall Eugene L. Hall Martha L. Hamilton

Theodore Harrell Olive Jean Harris Alice L. Hearns

Marvin Henry Lillian E. Hepburn

William E. Hightower

Juanita Hill Lena Hill James Hunt Henry C. Ingraham

Donald Jackson Alto Jennings Alice C. Johnson Blanche Johnson

Doretha Johnson Henry W. Johnson Herbert Johnson Margaret Johnson Mary Elinor Johnson Jacqueline Jones

BTW Class of 1957 (1989 Photo)

Urban Jones

Ellen Y. Keaton

Charlie J. King Edward Kinsey Edward J. Knox Geraldine Lewis Maxine Lewis Henry Mackey

Vernon Major, Jr. Earl Marshall Eddie McCray Jean L. McCray

Alphonso McDaniels

Larnzy Leo McGhee

Samuel McKenzie Barbara McKinney Everald McKinney

Jo Ann Major Elaine G. Manuel Irene L. Mashack

Catherine Massey Willie Mincy

Clement Minnis

Arthur Mitchell

Charles E. Mitchum

Aubrey Morley Willie L. Moorman

Grace Moore

Reuben Mortimore

Bernard J. Moss

James Moss

Crestwell Munnings Jacquelyn Neeley Raymond C. Odom

Louis Oliver Louis Palmer

Walter J. Parlins

Gilberto Pay Bessie Payne

Delores Payne

Charlene A. Pate

Carol F. Paul

Rosa Lee Perkins

Willie L. Perriman

Jonathan Plummer

Mildred E. Poole

Benjamin Pratt

James Reed

Sally Richards

Anna Leola Riou

Scottie M. Robertson

Rodney Roberts David Robinson Naomi J. Rogers

Pharestine Rogers

Shirley M. Rogers

Albertha Rolle

George E. Rolle

Geraldine Rolle

Shirley Ross

Grover Sampson

Robert E. Sampson

Richard Sanders

Margaret Scavella

Eugene F. Scott

Walter Shepherd

Annie M. Simmons

Charles Singletary

Bessie Singleton

James Singleton

Deloris Smith

Edna M. Smith

Lovie Smith

Mary Alice Smith Willie Solomon

Harvey Spencer Arnold Stafford

John W. Strachan

Althea F. Symonette

Barbara A. Taylor

Eugene Thompson

Constance Turner

Rosa Walden

Monca Walker

Robert J. Walker

Thelma Walker

Frederick Wallace

Joyce Webb

Dorothy E. Wells

Eugene White

Edith Whitfield

Cynthia Wiggins

Ivory Jenkins Wiggs

Phillip J. Williams

Barbara Wilson

Otis J. Wilson

Mercelee H. Woods

Fearle M. Woodside

Arthurene Wright

Robert Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1958 JUNE

Elizabeth Abel

Theodore F. Adams

Betty Akers

Arnold Albury

Sheaffer Ashmon

George Atwell

Betty Jean Baker William E. Banks

Athony Barnis

Frances M. Bethel

Leroy Blue

Mary Ann Boykin

Willie Brennon

Lois Broadnax

Carletha B. Brooks

George E. Alphonso Brown

Richard A. Alphonso Brown

Marian Jean Alphonso Brown

Leonard Bryant

Mozelle Bryant

Oliver A. Burnette

Thomas Butterfield

Charles Cambridge Margaret Cambridge Annie B. Campbell

George Campbell Mattie Campbell

Constance L. Carey

Frederick Cash

Elmarie Clark

James Clark

Jerome Clark

Beverly L. Clarke

Barbara J. Collie

Mary F. Collins

Patrick Cooper

Arletha Copeland

Harold C. Culmer

Judy M. Curry

Marian J. Curry Ronda L. Curry

Earnest L. Darkins

Betty E. Davis

Ethel Juryll Davis

Leon Davis

Shirley A. Davis

Benjamin Dawkins

Alphonso Dean

James Delancy

James Demeritt

Herman W. Dorsett

Frank L. Dunhart

Dennis Edwards

Alveta J. Evans

Daniel S. Evans

Jo Ellen Everett

Betram Ferguson

Raymond H. Finlayson

Floyd Finley

Robert Finley

Charles A. Flowers

Clyde Floyd

Donna J. Francis

Brenda A. Frazier

Mary F. Fullard

Louis M. Gallamore

William H. Generette

Ivan E. George

Emily Gray

Joel Gray

Annie L. Gullatt

John H. Haddock

Howard A. Hadley, Jr.

Sanford Hall, Jr.

Robert Hammitt

Curtis L. Hanks

Henry J. Harris

Anna J. Hawkins

Freeman Hepburn

Phillip G. Hepburn

Marva Elaine Hill

BTW Class of 1958 (1989 Photo)

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1958 JUNE cont.

William Hill

Oretha B. Holder

Yvonne A. Holmes

Richard Hopkins

Edward Horton

Mary Eddis Hunt

Henry Huyler

Joyce O. Jackson

Marian E. James

Naomi James Berry J. Jenkins

Bennette Johnson

Charles Johnson Graham Johnson Isablella Johnson

Jewyll R. Johnson

Marcia E. Johnson

Theddie L. Johnson

Bertha M Jones

Earnest Jones

Grethel Jones Mae Frances Jones

Betty Kelly

Barbara Lester

Arnold Lightbourn

Elizabeth Lightbourn Anne E. Livingston Norman E. Love Norman E. Love

Dallis M. Lowery Selma J. Ludlow

Maxine Major Betty Sue Martin

Bettye Maxwell

Edith McCloud

James McCray

Edward McKinney

Richard Mansfield

Nathaniel Mellerson

Mary Etta Milton

Wilhelmenia Minnis

Gloria J. Mitchell

Willie L. Mitchell

Walter Moreland

Ann Mortimer

Hilda A. Moss

Tommie Murray

Herman V. Murvin

Maud P. Newbold

Patricia Nicholas Beverly E. Nixon

Willie J. North William Oliver Jesse C. Owens

Alex Payne

Juanita Paul

Patricia Perkins

Patricia Phillips

Carl L. Pitts

Robert L. Pitts

Robert Poitier Henry E. Puyol

Ralph Rahming Delphine Roberts

Annette Robinson

Carmen M. Robinson

Richard Rolle Irma Frances Ross

Harold Sampson

Nathaniel Sanders Arlington Sands Julia V. Sawyer

Lucille Sellers

Clementine Shepherd

Bertha Mae Smith

Christophera Smith

Eleanor Smith Ethel M. Smith

Leotha D. Smith

Frank Smith Paul E. Smith Ronald Smith Walter Smith Roy J. Snell

Elizabeth Solomon Lena B. Solomon

Carolyn Spicer James Stanford Alfred Stibbins

Alfreda Stibbins

Alvin A. Strachan John E. Strachan

Cleve Summers

Sumner Sweeting

Burnell Thompson Elizabeth Thompson Earl Tillman Annie B. Tims

Girlean Mae Rose Tinsley

William Trammel

Willie B. Tripp

Josie M. troupe

Marie E. Usher

Marcella Wake Oscar Walker Spencer Walker

Carl Watts, Jr. Edward Watts

Tyrone Watts Edward B. White Ulysses White

Judith Whitehead Esslyn Y. Wiggins Bunny Williams

Frances Y. Williams Harold Williams Ione Williams Joan Williams Maxine Williams

Virginia D. Williams Albertha Wilson Clarence Woods Herbert Woods Mary Gladys Young Theodore Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1959 JUNE

Neal Frederick Adams

Joseph J. Adderly

Daniel Lee Akins

Martha Jane Alford Willie Lee Anderson

Franklin Bain

Rosemarie Albertha Bain Elsa Louise Barrow

Vivian Elaine Basden

Patricia Elizabeth Beeman

Emery George Beneby

Sarah Elizabeth Bethel

Constance Alphonso Brown

Elizabeth Winnie Alphonso Brown

Priscilla Brunson

Garry Bullard

Deanna Valderine Burrows

Thelma Maybell Butler Edward Morris

Charlotte Mae Campbell

James Cherry, Jr.

Thelma Chester

Barbara Jean Christie

Claretha Louise Clark

Herbert Clark

Leon Henry Clark Samuel George Clear

Carol Leila Cooper

Miriam Ann Cooper

Gerald Charles Cox

Joseph Carl Cox

Doris Carolyn Crawford

Caesar Sullivan

Carolyn Curtis Samuel Daniels

Rosa Darling Betty Jean Davis Bobby Davis James Thomas Davis Charles Henry Dawkins

Vernal Dawkins

Spurgeon Deantignac Yvonne Deleveaux

Donald Eugene Demeritte

Beverly Jeanne Dorsett

Nathaniel Clyde Dorsett

Helen Dunnell

Rayward Dunnell

Ernest Leon Ellis

Elizabeth Delores Ervin

Joseph Evans

Coleman Felts

Hilma Camilla Ferguson

Norma Bee Finlayson

George William Ford

Arthur Lang Foster

Northern Fullard

Celestine Dimples Garrett Mary Gholston

Twiggs Glenn Patricia Goodman

Cynthia Elcena Gordon

Willie Harold Green

Rollie Grissom

Juanita Hall

Gertrude Mildred Hammitt Ernest Hanshaw

Donna Rae Hardnett

Joseph Alexander Heastie Patricia Henderson

Alexander Hepburn

Estella LaVerne Hepburn

Fannie Elizabeth Herring

Theartis Hicks

William Higgs

Melanese Holt

Jessie Bernard Houston

Gwendolyn Peggy Howard

Herbert Anthony Ingraham

Henry Lewis Isom

Betha Elizabeth James

Henry Jefferson

Carol Ann Johnson

James Jerome Johnson

Velma Patricia Johnson

Belinda Jones

Mattie Jones

George Gregory Kemp

Charlene Knowles

Courtney Knowles

Carolyn Veronica Knox

Elizabeth Delores Lawhorn

Shirley Ann Lewis

George Little

Johnny McKenny

Melford Cyslin McMinns

Mary Ann McPhee

Eugene Rudy Mack

Helen Mackey

Harold Will Major

Willie James Maley

Robert Conrad Manning

BTW Class of 1959

Charmaine Camille Marks

Rufus William Marshall

Alene Mae Martin

William Kennedy Mickens, Jr.

Cherry Anna Mills

Sheila Yvonne Mills

Walter Mills

Clarence Mims

George Kenneth Mitchell

Helen Elizabeth Mitchell

Lonnie Rodwell Murphy

Eunice Neal

Mary Julia Nesbitt

Meriam Louise Nicholson

Lillie Mae Oliver

Patricia Oliver

Roney Winter Oliver

Betty Jean Patterson

Joann Pearson

Henry G. Pinkney

Henry Porter

Leroy Rahmings

Enrique G. Richards

Elizabeth Richardson

Delores Ricks

Dorothy Joan Roach

Bernard Roberts

Clarence Daniel Roberts

Lee Ella Robinson

Willie Hugh Robinson

Joseph Alexander Rogers, Jr.

Delores Patricia Russell

Vernell Rutherford

Mary Nell Sampson

Valencia Marie Sands Blanche Saunders

Judith Ann Scott

Barbara Senior

Melvin LaSalle Seymour

James Otis Shelley

Albert Shepherd

Goldye Yvonne Simmons

James Singletary

Leonard Slater

Alonza Smith

Carolyn Louise Smith

Charles Maxwell Smith

Mary Janet Smith

Ronald Owen Smith

Juanita Carol Solomon

Barbara Squire

Willie Mae Stevenson

Juanita Stewart

Frederick Allen Storr

Lewis Strachan

Charles Wendell Stringer

Nadine Elizabeth Strong

Marilyn Jamira Sweeting

Willie Swift

Robert Taylor

Anthony Eugene Thompson

Ethelyn Thompson

Henry Jack Walden

Pasco Wado Walker

Stirling D. Walker

Sandra Ann Wallace

Charles O’Dell Ward

Johnny L. Washington

Freddie Mae Weeks

Bernice White

Charlie White

Margaree Eudean White

Barbara Williams

Gwendolyn Willa

David Alvoid

Marva Vernes Wright

Henry Young

PERSPECTIVE GRADUATION

CLASS OF 1960, JUNE

Richard Norman Adams

James Andrew Alcorn

Marie Jeanette Alford

Andrew James Allen, Jr.

Robert Louis Allen

Tyrone Lawrence Anderson

Freddie Atwell

Albertha Oda Austin

Ruth Sylvia Austin

Melvin Randolph Baker

Nellie Mae Baker

Altamease Baldwin

Fred Baldwin

Roy Milton Barbary

Andrew Edward Basden

Wilbert Johnson Bates

Ruby Bembry

Rufus Bembry

Grace Lee Bennett

Lloyd Alphonso Bethel

Maxine Deloris Birch

Charlie Alphonso Brown

Larry Alphonso Brown

Lawrence Howard Alphonso

Brown

Mavis Mildred Bodie

Barbara Louise Alphonso Brown

Edna Pearl Alphonso Brown

Delores Bryant

Vernon Burton

Marilyn Veronica Butler

Ruth Canty

Charles Carey

PERSPECTIVE GRADUATION

CLASS OF 1960, JUNE cont.

Barbara Jean Carnegay

Howard Chester

Frances Lavern Clark

Lola Mae Coleman

Ruby Vernanchia Collie

Charles Crittendon

Lawrence Woodrow Crompton

Verlie Dorinda Cunningham

Eddie Daniels

David Frederick Davis

Margaret Davis

Napoleon Davis

Norman Wayne Davis

Paulette Elaine Davis

Elcina Morine Dawkins

Roosevelt Denson

McNervy Lee Dickey

Ralford Collins Dismucke, Jr.

Wilfred Eugene Duncombe

Brenda Joyce Dunnel

Ernestine Eubanks

Johnny Ethridge

Frances Louise Evans

Cynthia Fe Ferguson

Susan Minerva Ferguson

Catherline Rebecca Fickling

Bertha Yvonne Finley

Gladys Elizabeth Fisher

Marilyn Jeanene Frierson

Margaret Elease Fuller

Roddrick Elliott Fussell

Louise Geeter

Ann Sheridan Generette

Basil Joseph Glinton

John Livingston Gloss

Thelma Lee Glover

Gwendolyn Boles Goodman

Annie Mae Griffin

Clara Mae Griffin

Ernest Gross, Jr.

Francenia Deloris Hall

Muriel Ann Hanna

Doris Janet Harrell

Lillian Providence Hayes

Dorothy Jean Higgs

John Wesley Howell

Johnnie Walter Humes

Samuel Hutchinson

Johnny leon Hutto

Orlan Eugene Huyler

Carrie Lee Jackson

Dorothy Ellen Jenkins Edward Jerry Shirley Marvis Jobnekin

Amy Louise Johnson Arthur Johnson

Daniel Jams Johnson, III

James Emanuel Johnson

Rose Marie Johnson

Thedford Johnson

Patricia Jones

Thelma Jean Jones

Bettie Mae King

Willie James Kitchell

Jimmie Carl Knowles

David Norman Lamb

Felton Leverson

Eddie Lee Lewis

Ellie Lewis

Franklin Delano Major

Henry Lee Manuel

Mary Marshall

Barbara Mason

Anthony Miller

Larry Julian Mitchell

Kenneth McKinney

(Class of 1960)

Robert Lee McKinney

Erma Moril Mortimore

Willie Lee Mucherson

Benita Kay Mundy

Shirley Joan McCall

Edna Louise Nelson

William Nesbitt

Stanley Cecil Newbold

Thomas Livingston Newbold Irene Newsome

Mae Alix Norris

Franklin Arlington Oliver Claudia Beatrice Owens James Palmer

Lizzie Mae Parks

Cornelia S. Payne

Mary Payne

Henry Peoples

Paul Leon Perry

Nellie Anna Peterson

Bobbie Pierce

Phyllis Ruth Pinder

Martha Powell

John Rahmings

Ramona Louise Rahmings

Tyrone Wilbert Reddish

Ferris Lee Rhodes

Edwain Allen Roberts

Rosetta Roberts

Roslin Lonnie Roberts

Princetta Robertson

Earnest Robinson

Hortense Jean Robinson

Juanita Rogers

Joe Sanders

Norris Lee Sanders

Ernest Sesler

Raymond Wenfield Seymour

William Seymour

Loretha Ann Shipman

Betty Jean Smith

McKeva Livingston Smith

Ervin Meredith Smith

Jacquelyn Smith

Neatie Bell Smith

Willis Smith

Peter Spann, Jr.

Barbara Jean Speights

Daniel Lee Stevens

Annie Nell Stewart

Garbett Stewart

George Edward Storr

Shirley Marie Storr

Lavina Ivadell Thompson

William James Thompson

Mattie Lou Tillman

Katreen Delores Times

Willie Bernard Tolliver

Leroy Venisse, Jr.

James Winfield Vickers

David Walker

Issac Mae Walker

Joseph Walker

Leonard Walker

Frances Naomi Walkes

Bonnie Russell Watts

Henry Lee Weatherspoon

General Lenton White

Marva Lois White

Delores Ann Whitehead

Mary Frances Wilcox

Mary Jane Wilder

Arthur Williams

Barbara Louise Williams

Brenda Yvonne Williams

Gloria Jean Williams

James Lee Williams

James Leroy Williams

Loretta Precious Williams

Paul Williams

Ruthie Mae Williams

Willie Reed Williams

Mildred Lee Wilson

Calvin Gorvin Woods

Rudolph Woodside

Patricia Delores Worthy

Nettie Lee Yates

Annie Lee Young

GRADUATION CLASSES OF 1960 and 1961 , JUNE

Andrew Alexander

Carolyn Louise Alfred

Robert Eugene Andrews

Lillie Mae Atwell

Yvonne Franciena Bacon

Lucille Baker

Willie Barney

Hernert Bethel

Joseph Bethel

Johnnie Bivens

Cassandra Lee Blake

Eric Clark Blake

Essie Bostic

Velma Phillis Bouie

Nina Mae Brookins

Arthur Alphonso Brown

Bobby Ervin Alphonso Brown

Faustine Alphonso Brown

Lee Arthur Alphonso Brown

Leola Ruth Alphonso Brown

Merlene Alphonso Brown

Peggy Ann Alphonso Brown

Luevern Bruce

Manya Allyn Bryant

Johnnie Mae Buckles

Barbara Delores Bush

Genevera Butler

Michael Butler

Mary Campbell

Willie James Campbell

Keva Elaine Carey

Rosalie Carey

Barbara Haseth Carr

Joyce Sharron Ann Carter

Jean Marie Cason

Augusta Mae Ceasor

Virginia Chaney

Willie Clark

Delores Joyce Cobb

Elizabeth Coleman

Alice Byronette Collier

Ethel Mae Cooper

Josephine Cox

Maxine Dames

Delores Victoria Dandy

David Daniels

Glennsworth LaVerne Davis

John Allan Davis

Sylvester Davis

Sharon Beverly Dean

Mae Ola Dennis

Samuel Frederick DeVoe

Kelsey Rudolph Dorsett

Ruth Lee Drummer

Albert Stanley Edge

Oscar Lee Ellis

James Harold Erwin

Jimmy Lee Evans, Jr.

Tommie Evans

Gay Marie Ferguson

Barbara Jean Finley

Barbara Inez Fisher

Harry Forbes

Phillip Foulkes

Altamease Marie Frazier

Zada Garvin

Charles Ernest Givens

BTW Class of 1961

John Goodman

Gerda Inthar Graham

Eugene Winston Gray

Alice Mae Green

Juanita Elizabeth Green

Lorenzo Griffin

Madora Griffin

Diane Guerra

Annie Belle Hadley

Aaron Douglas Hall, Jr.

Frank Hall

Sara Hammitt

Jolene Hardee

Harry James Harper

Jacquelyn Harrell

Ernest Harris

Jo Ann Harris

Shirley Harris

Rose Ann Henry

Baldwin Hepburn

Charles Hepburn

Lillie Herring

Eloise Hollingsworth

Jessie L. Holt

James Henry Howard

James Hunter

Thomas Jackson

Arlene Jerry

Edna Mae Jerry

Barbara Jean Johnson

Freddie James Johnson

Richard William Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson

Carolyn Ann Jones

Frankie Lee Jones

Reuben Jones

Snovia Jean Jones

Prince Kelly

Geraldine Jewel Kirkland

Horace Laws

James Elester Leggett

Robert Calvin Mapp

Charlie Mae Marion

Gus Marshall

Janice Anita Maycock

Doris Deloris McAllister

Robbie Carrol McCray

Paulette Jane McKinney

Yvonne Phillips Mitchell

Jessie Jo Monroe

Albertha Marie Moore

Cora Elizabeth Moore

Bloneva Louise Moreland

Cyril Arlington Moss

Nicholas Moss

Delores Newson

Jo Ann Payne

Betty Lou Pierce

GRADUATION CLASSES OF

1960 and 1961 , JUNE, cont.

Rosemary Pinkney

Maybeline Pinkston

George Quitman

Mae Dawn Rahmings

Herbert Jetty Rhodes

Beatrice Robinson

Ellis Malarbri Robinson

Jacquelyn Clare Robinson

Rubie Robinson

Yvonne Robinson

Jessie Mae Ross

Nathaniel Samuel Thomas Leroy Sands

Orville Eugene Saunders

Barbara Jean Scott

Jake Louis Shaw

Johnnie Mae Shaw

Carolyn Sheppard Willie Simmons

James Smalls

Bloneva Smith

Charlie Mac Smith

Robert Smith Ruby Lee Smith

Cassandra Spencer Catherine Sumpter

Betty Jean Surrency

Gussie Surrency Betty Ann Taylor

Patricia Taylor Rosa Terrell

Agnes Marie Thompson

Calvin Thompson

Karetha Theastha Times

Louella Troupe

Barbara Joyce Tucker

Gricelda Sabina Vilarreal

Josephine Washington

George Webb

Arma Anita Webster

Marvin Henry White

Gloria Jean Whitehead

Barbara Jean Williams

George Williams

James Arthur Williams

Mary Alice Williams

Fredericka Jane Woods

Sara Lee Woodside

Josephus Woodson

Harold Wright

Arlester Young

Elva Olivia Young

Ida Mae Young Loretta Young Mary Ann Young Shirley Janie Young

PERSPECTIVE GRADUATION CLASS

OF 1962, JUNE

CarryLl Adderly

Thomas D. Archer Arlene R. Bailey

Alonzo Ballard

Vera E. Barney Lois Benjamin Florence Berry

Arthur Bethel, Jr. James Alexander Bethel

Lessie Rose Blackshear

Betty Jean Blocker Solomon Bostic

William Howard Boynton

Willie Stine Boynton

Isiah Eugene Alphonso Brown

Richard R. Alphonso Brown

Ezel Bryan Wesley Bryant George Buckhanon Carolyn Butler Ernest Butts Lorraine Byron

Virginia Carswell

Shirley Jean Cash

James China

Andrew Clear

Annie Lou Cleckly

Arrie Ana Cox

Sandra Crawley

Ina Frances Dampier

Vera Lee Dampier Helen Marie Davis

Nathaniel Dawkins Clement R. Dean Leord A. Dean

June Sheryl DeGraff Charlene DeVoe Richard DeVoe Lucille Drummer Erma Dudley Adam William Dunnel Youtner Eaford George Edwards

Eugene Elliott Hilton Ferguson

Alphonso Finney

Patricia Ann Fryer Sarah Fuller Eleanor Gaiter

Bernard Gantt

Theodore Gibson Leniox Gilbert Alfonso Glenn George Goldsmith

John William Goldsmith Joyce Elizabeth Goodman Willie Graham

Annie Marie Gray

Frank Hartley

David Harvard

Ernest Hepburn

Gloria Hepburn

Delores Higgs

Irving Higgs

Zorina Hightower

Loretta Hill

Freddie James Holden

Loran Holton

Forman D. Hudson

Fred Hudson

Leroy Jackson Gloria Jefferson Albert Johnson

Albertha Johnson

Doris Johnson Edwin Johnson

Eunice Moxie Johnson Gwendolyn Louise Johnson Ivory Johnson

Leroy Johnson Mattie Lee Johnson Shirley Johnson Sidney Johnson

Anthony Jones Josie Jones Rodney Jones James Kelley David Jesse Kineard Audrey King Mack Edward Lamb Julius Lee Juliet Lightburn

BTW Class of 1962

Jesse Lee London

Hattie McDonald

Ralph McGruder

Valeria McPherson

Diann Marshall

Laurastine Mason

Sarah Maxwell

Rudolph E. Meadows

Sarah Maxwell

Joseph Mellerson

Jacqueline Miller

James R. Mims

Charles Mitchell

Nevia Mae Mitchell

Geraldine Mongoe

Willie Mack Moore

Earnestine Moorman

Mavis Mortimore

George Moss

Edward Muldrow

Joy Mundy

Carl Leon Murray

Lonzie Nicholas

Jennie Marie Parks

Matilda Patterson Ellen Peterson

James Postell

Jerome Powell

Jean Willye Puyol

Ernest Rahming

Nathalee Rahmings

Juanita Reddish Albert Richards Gordon Ridge Charles Rigby Lesilie Roach

D’Rodney Roberts

Robert Robertson Connie Robinson

David Alexander Rolle

Jean Marie Ross

Nancy Roundtree

Caldonia Scott

Willie Oscar Scott

Betty Ann Shelton

Lorie Sheriff

Robert Lee Sims

Willie Slater

Eula Leo Smith

George Smith

Harold Smith

John Davis Smith

Norma Jean Smith

Virginia Smith

Winfred Smith

Madalyn Carol Squire

Annie Starling Louis Stewart

Delmar Stirrup

Rosa Van Storr

Nathan Streeter

Samuel Leo Stringer

Anthony Sweeting

Earl Symonette

Marcia Taylor

Maria Alena Taylor

Helen Tharpes

Robert Lee Thomas

Bruce Thompson Frederick Thompson Elnora Turner Charles Uptgrown

Bernice Usher Alexander Veasy Jack Wadley Clarence Walden Brenda Walker Lenora Walker Sandra Wallace Louis Watson

Yvonne White Alfred Williams

Annie Ruth Williams

Barbara Williams Jacquelyn Williams

Janie Williams

Perry Williams

James Wilson

Maudella Wilson

Margarett Winder

Andrea Anita Woods

Maxine Woods

Mary Wright Shirley Wright Almeta Young Erbon Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1963 JUNE

Patricia Adderly

Elizabeth Alexander

Joe Robert Alexander

Catherine Allen

Bobby J. Anderson

Josephine Austin

Ellis Ayers

Athel Elaine Baker

Juanita Bell

Leroy Bell

Marilyn Florence Gloria Jean Benn Resha Reginal Bethel

James Blackmon

Yvonne Delores Boston

Leslie Calvin Alphonso Brown

Rosie L. Alphonso Brown

Shirley Jean Alphonso Brown

Weslie Alvin

John Michael Bullard

Brenda L. Burton Lenore Campbell Rosie M. Clark

Walter G. Clark

Rosie L. Clarke

Erma Elizabeth Colebrook Bertram Ellsworth Collie, II Hattie Mae cooper

Clarence Robert Culler, Jr. Dianna Curry

Alvin W. Davis Bettie Lee Davis

Charles Clifford Davis Helena Yvonne Davis Henrietta Davis Silas Deeds

Leartis Devce

Milton Devce Hazel Duggins

Amelia Dunnell

Ralph Wardlow Edge Kelly Everett

Jackie Faniel

Judy Ann Ferguson

Calvin Richard Finley

Dorothy Louise Finley Eugene Jerome Finley

Betty Jo Ford

Marcellas Monroe Fuller, III

Diann Fostina Gadson

Dorothy Lee Gammage

Richard Calvin Gatson

Evangeline Olivia Gholston

Jimmie Lee Gleaton

Melvin Leroy Glenn

George Glover

Nathaniel Gordon

Alonzo Griffin

Edward Grissom

Jamie Lou Hall

Leticha Hannah

Gwyndolyn Juanita Harmon

Catherine Marie Harrell

Bettie Harris

Doris Harris

Mamie Aloma Harris

Mildred Lee Harris

Samuel Adams Henley

Corine Elizabeth Hill

James David Hill

Mary Deloris Holmes

James Edward Horne

Mary Helen Howard

Barbara Jean Howell

Amenda Thomasian Humes

David Rodney Hunt

Vivian Jackson

Ellen James

Frank Jenkins

Laura Mae Johnson

Seabron Johnson

Terrell Osborn Johnson

Emma Lou Jones

Eunice Jones

Queen Esther Jones

Marsha Elizabeth Kemp

Henry L. King

Leatha Marie King

Shirley King

Mildred J. Lamb

Delores Lanier

Gloria Jean Laster

Edward Lamar Leggett

Dorothy Jean Lenton

James Lester, Jr.

Gail Faustine Lewis

Larry Chatmon Little Willie Lyons

Gaul O’Connor MacElroy

Gwendolyn Ward McCloud

Estella Louise McCollum

Minnie Lee McCormick

Queenie Carolyn McKinney

Carolyn Mackey

Mary Harris Major

Willie F. Marshall

Maria del Carmen Marte

Georgianna Maxwell

Patricia Ann Miles

Gloria Anette Mitchell

Martha Lee Mitchell

George Earnest Moncrief

Veronica Moore

Winnifred Moore

Yvonne Jo Anne Moore

Rose Moorman

Ann Marie Moss

Leroy Mucherson

Cedric Murray

Phyllis Vaenanda Myers

Peter Ernest Nelson

Larry O’Brien

Dorothy O’Neal

Willie O’Neal

Joseph Wardell Pace

Alva L. Parks

Robert Lee Paul Bruce Payne

Sara Ann Phinizy

Amos Randle

Johnnie Earl Randle

BenH. Reeves

Annie Belle Pharey

Inetha Rich

Ronald Riley

Milteria Rivers

Madeline Yvonne Roach

Harold Roberson

Daniel Roberts

LeBrone Roberts

Priscilla Elaine Robinson

Barbara Ann Rowe

Frances V. Rutledge

Alma Sanders

Ola Mae Sanders

Sheila Augusta Sands James Saunders

Barbara Jean Sheffield

Jimmie Simpson

Mae Evelyn Sims

Claretha Smith

Marcus Smith

Lottie M. Solomon

Stanley dale Squire McArthur Stephens Beryl Lurlean Storr Mildred Storr

Roderiqua LaBert Sturrup

Edwin Reginald Sumpter

Cassandra Elaine Taylor Glenn Rudloph Taylor

Rodney Cyrol Taylor

Audrey Louise Thomas Edward James Thomas

Josephine Brenda Thomas

Laurasteen Thompson

Robert Cecilia Thompson

Betty Jean Tinsley

Catherine Toston

Doris Troupe

Truvella Victrum

Willie Herbert Walden

Willie Walker

Sandra Ann Ware

Mae Ella White

Shaddy Whittaker

Alexander Whyme

James Lewis Wilcox

Brenda Priscilla Wilder

Earnestine Evelyn Williams

Erica Valencia Williams

John J. Williams

Madeline Carol Williams

Robert Louis Wilson

Cassandra Darlene Wright

Marvin Yates

BTW Class of 1963

Patricia Adderley

Elizabeth Alexander

Joe Robert Alexander Catherine Allen

Bobby J. Anderson Josephine Austin Ellis Ayers

Athel Elaine Baker Juanita Bell

Leroy Bell

Marilyn Florence Ballamy Gloria Jean Benn Resha Reginal Bethel James Blackmon

Yvonne Delores Boston Delores Alphonso Brown

Leslie Calvin Alphonso Brown Rosie L. Alphonso Brown Shirley Jean Alphonso Brown Weslie Alvin Alphonso Brown John Michael Bullard Brenda L. Burton Lenore Campbell Rosie M. Clark Walter G. Clark

Rosie L. Clarke

Erma Elizabeth Colebrook Bertram Ellsworth Colebrook, II Hattie Mae Cooper

Clarence Robert Culler, Jr.

Dianna Curry

Alvin Davis

Bettie Lee Davis Charles Clifford Davis Helena Yvonne Davis Henrietta Davis

Silas Deeds

Leartis Devoe

Milton Devoe

Hazel Duggins

Amelia Dunnel

Ralph Wardlow Edge Kelly Everett

Jackie Faniel

Judy Ann Ferguson

Dorothy Louise Finley

Eugene Jerome Finley

Betty Jo Ford

Marcellas Monroe Fuller, III Diann Fostina

Dorothy Lee Camage

Richard Calvin Gatson

Evangeline Olivia Cholston Jimmie Lee Gleaton

Melvin Leroy Glenn George Glover

Nathaniel Gordon

Alonzo Griffin

Edward Grissom

Mamie Lou Hall

Leticha Hannah

Gwyndolyn Harmon

Catherine Harrell

Bettie Harris

Doris Harris

Mamie Harris

Mildred Lee Harris

Samuel Adams Henley

Corine Hill

Jams Hill Mary Holmes James Horne Mary Howard

Barbara Howell

Amenda Humes

David Hunt

Vivian Jackson

Ellen James

Frank Jenkins

Laura Johnson

Seabron Johnson

Terrell Johnson

Emma Lou Jones

Eunice Jones

Queen Esther Jones

Marsha Kemp

Henry King

Leatha King

Shirley King

Mildred Lamb

Delores Lanier

Gloria Laster

Edward Leggett

Dorothy Lenton

James Lester

Gail Lewis

Larry Little

Willie Lyons

Gaul MacElroy

Gwendolyn McCloud

Estelle McCollum

Minnie McCormick

Queenie McKinney

Carolyn Mackey

Mary Major Willie Marshall

Maria Marte

Georgianna Maxwell

Patricia Miles

Gloria Mitchell

Martha Leo Mitchell

George Moncrief

Veronica Moore

Winifred Moore

Yvonne Moore

Rose Moorman

Ann Moss

Leroy Mucherson

Cedric Murray

Phyllis Myers

Peter Nelson Larry O’Brien

Dorothy O’Neal

Willie O’Neal

Joseph Pace

Alva Parks

Robert Lee Paul

Bruce Payne

Sara Phinizy

Amos Randle

Johnnie Randle Ben Reeves

Annie Belle Rhaney

Inetha Rich Roald Riley Madeline Roach

Harold Roberson

Daniel Roberts

LeBrone Roberts

Priscilla Robinson

Barbara Ann Rowe

Frances Rutledge

Alma Sanders

Ola Mae Sanders

Sheila Sands

James Saunders

Barbara Sheffield

Jimmie Simpson

Mae Evelyn Sims

Clalretha Smith Marcus Smith

Lottie Solomon

Stanley Squire

McArthur Stephens

Beryl Storry

Mildred Storr

Roderiqua Sturrup

Edwin Sumpter

Marvin Tates

Cassandra Taylor

Glenn Taylor

Rodney Taylor

Audrey Thomas

Edward thoams

Josephine Thomas

Laurasteen Thompson

Roberta Thompson

Betty Jean Tinsley

Catherine Toston

Doris Troupe

Truvella Victrum

Willie Walden

Willie Walker

Sandra Ann Ware

Mae Ella White Shaddy Whittaker Alexander Whyms James Wilcox

Brenda Wilder

Earnestine Williams

Erica Williams

John J. Williams

Madeline Williams

Robert Wilson

Cassandra Wright

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1964 JUNE

Michael Abrams

Virginia Alford

Floy Ancrum

Raymond Austin

Vickie Bacon

Richard Ball

Arthur Bean

Bobby Bell

William Berry

Mary Bethel

Yvonne Bethel

Lawrence Bivins

Carolyn Bolden

James Booth

Arnold Bowleg

Coreatha Brice

GRADUATION

CLASS OF 1964 JUNE, cont.

Carolyn Brogdon

Paula Brooks

Beverly Alphonso Brown

Cynthia Alphonso Brown

Judy Alphonso Brown

Samuel Alphonso Brown Yvonne Alphonso Brown William Alphonso Brown Yvonne Brunson

John Burroughs

Annie Bush Calvin Butler Jose Caban James Campbell Dwight Carey Tyrone Carlis Constance Carter Maud Cash Dianne Childs Emily Clark Charles Cleare Hilton Coffee Clarence Collier Patricia Collins Emma Crockett Lois Crump Calvin Culmber Carolyn Culmer Albert Dampier

Earlene Daniels Eulie Mae Daniels Alexander Davis Barbara Davis

Juanita Davis

Demetra Dean Rosetta Dunnell

George Eans

Betty Jean Edmonson

Marva Edmonsdson

Willie Edwards Maggie Faniel

Suzie Felder

James Fice

Gwendolyn Fisher

Malvern Fisher

Patricia Folds

Betty Lou Freeman

Jennifer Gaiter

Patricia Gantt

Geneva Garnett Jeanette George Carey Gholston Eddie Green James Green Ronald Green William Green Mae Grier Andrea Griffin Ernest Hadley Glenn Hall Elaine Hammitt Charles Harper Patricia Harrell Charlene Hawkins Earnest Harris Frazier Hawkins Alton Henley Alvin Higgs Marian Hodges Margaret Hollman Willie Holly Bessie Holmes Helen Honer Marjorie Houston Gladstone Hunter Mary Hylor Billy Jackson Finley Jackson Rodney Jackson Sena Bell Jams Willie Jerry Edmund Johnson Eunice Johnson Gloria Johnson Joyce Johnson Lillian Johnson Margaret Johnson Shelly Johnson Walter Johnson Willie Johnson Brenda Jones Charles Jones Gloria Jones Patricia Kelly Freddie Kineard Cloretha Landrum Lonnie Lawrence Elaine Leverson

Betty Lewis

John Lewis

Theresa Lewis

Dahlgren Marks

Jerome McArthur Henrietta McCormick Christopher McCray Linda McCray Ednind McCullough Jo Ann McMillan Jeanette McPherson Margaret Miller Douglas Minnittee Leroy Milton Barbara Mims Elnora Moore Otto Moore Harry Mucherson Charles Murray Carroll Myrick Alfred Oliphant Rudolph Orjuna Eddie Osborne Freddie Patterson Herman Patterson Kyral Payne Arnold Perry Jessie Peterson John Pinder Ernestine Platt Gloria Poitier Clyde Prescott John Randle Nathaniel Ray James Reddick Martha Redding Joseph Reed Lorenzo Reese Patricia Reeves Edwin Rhodes Carolyn Rivers Maureen Roberson James Roberts Nera Roberts Linda Robinson Sharon Robinson John Rolle

Betty Jean Ross Otis Ross Patricia Russell Benjamin Satcher

Cynthia Saunders

Mickey Saunders

Cecil Scott

Willie Scott

Essie Seabrooks

Gwendolyn Shelly Corine Shivers Ruby Sims Henry Small Daisy Smith Nettie Smith

Terrence Smith Elnora Starkes Howard Starling Helen Storr Ronald Storr

Marietta Strachan James Sutton

Inez Taylor John Thomas Joseph Thomas Juanita Thomas Rodney Thompson Wayne Thompson Marjorie Tooks Mayme Troutman Edward Tucker

Alton Turner John Uptgrow Jesse Usher James Walden Errol Walker Maurice Wallace Veronica Washington Estella Watson James White Mary White Marian Wilcox Wilbert Wilcox Hazel Wilkins Daisy Williams Fred Williams

Joye Williams Olivia Williams

Plumer Williams Rosa Williams Dorthine Wiley Barbara Wilson Willie J. Wilson Florine Womble Delores Woodside

Charlotte Worthy

Thomas Wright

Fletcher Young John Young Richmond Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1965

JUNE

Marilyn Albury

Joan Annette Alexander

Albertina Alfonso

Rosetta Louise Austin

Willie Leroy Atkins

Leroy Bailey, Jr. III

Matilda Rudeen Bailey

Eunice M. Ballard

Daisy Lee Barney

Irvin Baulkman

Sara Frances Benn

Katherine Bethel

Melvin Billingslea

Emily Black

Clotilda Elva Bloodsworth

Eddise Gwendolyn Bouie

Barbara Jean Brennan

Mary Jane Brennan

Mary Jane Brookins

Barbara Ann Alphonso Brown

Dpra L. Alphonso Brown

Griselda Arleatha Alphonso Brown

Harold Kent Alphonso Brown

Percival Alphonso Brown

Yvonne Marie Alphonso Brown

Gary Bryant

Larry Bryant

Ernest Bernard Brunson

Vandy Lee Burnett

Reginald Franklin Burton

Daisy Lee Butler

Angenette Butts

Gloria Jean Clahoun

Nathaniel Alexander Campbell

Verstine Cheatham

Georgina Christie

Edward Roosevelt Colebrook

Carrington Mansfield Collie

Ann Rebecca Cooper

Roosevelt Cooper

Marie Copeland

Alfred Andrew Crawford

Francena Edwina Culmer

Lamarr H. Curry

Joseph Dames

Billie Genel Davis

Priscilla Loraine Dean

Oscar Samuel Dixon

Ann Elizabeth Duggins

Helena Sheryl Duhart

Angelynn Ruby Durham

Cliffeen Ruby Dyes

John Henry Eaford

Ervaleen Rose Edwards

Edward Everette

Ishmell Fennell, III

Johnnie Fields

Andrea Juanita Flowers

Agnes Footman

Gloria Ann Fludd

Brenda Joyce Ford

Wayne McDonald Fulton

Dorothy Jean Gadson

Judith Marie Gardiner

Bunice M. Golden

Mary F. Goodman

BTW Class of 1965

Billy H. Hall

Joann Hammett

Lebbie Hammock

Vincent Harmon

Gladys Harrington

Bennie Lee Harris

Mattie Harris

Delares Louise Hayes

Harry Henderson

Alvin Higgs

Ronald Hill

Saundra Arlinder Hill

Don Holden

Sandra Patricia Holland

Marilyn Holmes

Fred Lee Holton

Louis Honer

Johnnie Livingston Horne Willie Kate Howard

Dora Hubert

Joann Hudson

Hoyce Humes

Dorothy Louise Ingram

Annie Peresphone Jackson

Barbara Delores Jackson

Bethany Ingrid Jackson

Birdie Sue Jackson

Hattie Mae Jackson

Ralph Jackson

Barbara Joan Jaudon

Robert Jefferson

Barbara Jean Johnson

Ethel Louise Johnson

Geraldine Johnson

Herman Johnson

Lugusta Johnson

Ruby Gwendolyn Johnson

Wallace Johnson, Jr.

Frank Jones

Jacqueline Elaine Jones

Reuben Isaac Jones

Stacia Elease Jones

Patricia Ann Kee

Inzor Kelly

Emily A. Kendrick

Emily Jane King

Airlene Knight

Peter Rodney Knowles

Barbara Ann Lambert

Gloria Joy Lanier

Paulette Cynthia LaRoda

Vera Albertha Lee

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1965 JUNE, cont.

Carol LaVerne Lewis

William Littlejohn, Jr.

Constance Novener Little

Majorie Lockhart

Rosa Mae Lofton

Thedoris Melodee Long

Eva Mae McConnell

Arthur Lee McDuffie

Jerry McKay

Elestine McKinny

Sandra McLeod

Velma McLeod

Mary Frances McMilliam

Cleveland McPhee

Dorothy G. Melton

Robert Czernie Miller

Florence Virginia Milligan

Portia U. Mille

Netty Louise Mitchell

George Morton Henry Lee Morton

Edward Moxie

Johnny Lee Napier

Lucille Nelson

Douglas Gregory Norris

Henry Chester Norton Carolyn Oliver

Nathaniel Parks

Gary Payne

Madelene Juanita Payne

Geraldine Phillips

Edwin Pinder

Brenda Joyce Pinto

George Benjamin Porter

Clive G.L.J. Pugh

Winona Livia Reddick

Lelia Reid

Glenn Godwin Roberts

Andrew Anthony Robinson

Ceola Robinson

Nancy Lee Robinson

Ishmael Cash Rolle

Melvin Rolle

Betty Ross

Rosetta Rozier

Brenda Elaine Saunders

Raleigh Calvin Scott

Avia Vernetta Schubert

Joyce Clark Simmons

Patricia Leola Simmons

Sammy Simon

Jessie Smith

Robert Louis Smith

Lolita JoAnn Snipes

Joan Elaine Storr

Shela Elaine Storr

Shirlene Avon Strong

Gloria Sutton

Gloria Delores Taylor

Deliah Terrell

Carmen Cassandra Thomas

James Alfred Thomas

Patricial Jean Thomas

Walter Thomas

Angel Yvonne Thompson

Ola Mae Thompson

Ophelia Loraine Thompson

Veronica Lillian Thompson

Betty Jean Townsley

Sherry Marrie Tooks

Lavern Uptgrow

Glenn Wallace

Annette Theresa Walton

Willie James Warren

Willie Earl Washington

Cynthia Watts

Antionette Cleomie Woods

David West

Alma Lee Whitaker

Cora Lee White

James White

Herbert Lee Williams

Lonnie Williams, Jr. Malinda Williams

Nancy Yvonne Williams

Percy Danny Williams Ralph Williams

Richard J. Williams

Willie Earl Williams

Yvette Iona Williams

Mary Ann Wilson

Charlie Wims

Lonnie Wright

Gloria Jean Young

Sharon Frances Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1966 JUNE

Henrietta Ann Albury

Nancy Lee Alexander

Ira Mae Baker

Dorothy Ann Banks Fancy Bannister

Hattie Annette Basden

Mildred Bennett

Donna Maria Benton

Daisy Mae Black

Margaret Jean Bridgewater

Cassandra Alphonso Brown

Sharaveen LaVern Alphonso Brown

Catherine Luvenia Bullard

Rosemary Butler

Shirley Ann Byrd

Joujean Carter

Jeannie Marie Cole

Estella Cooper

Olistine Curry

Linda Lester Darden

Cathia Nell Darling

Farbia Ann Davis

Yvonne Delores Davis

Bethsheba Evelyn Dean

Deloris Maria Devoe

Sandra Verneka Dozier

Betty Jean Duggins

James Duhart

Earline Dunnell

Florence Fagan

Joann Ferguson

Viola Joyce Folds

Juanita Francietha Fox

BTW Class of 1966

Betty Jewel Franklin

Gwendolyn Fussell

Willie Gallon

Mae Frances Gardner

Theodore Garper

Claudette Clarice Gibson

Charlie L. Goosby

Edward Graham

Racheal Elizabeth Green

John Hadley

Allen Nathaniel Hall, Jr.

James Arthur Hall

Valerie Lazette Hall

Glenn Allen Hanks

Marvin Lenton Harrington

Mose Harris, Jr.

Savannah Lee Hawkins

Alvin Higgs

Robert James Higgs

Rethenia Holley

Rosella Gussie Houston

Jacqueline Juanita Humes

Eleanor Hunter

Jackie Jackson

Annie Bolene Johnson

Cyril Richard Johnson

Gloria Yvonne Johnson

Howard Earl Johnson

Jacqueline Josephine Johnson

Lawrence Ceasor Johnson

Robert Tyler Jones

Viola Jones

Barbara Jean Judge

Shirley Elouise Kerr

Gloria Jean Olivia Kight

Beverly June King

Freddie Lee Knight

Robert Lamb

Cecilia Ann Lawrence

Cherry Lee Leggett

Linda Carol Lewis

Mary Pearl Lewis

Sheryl Jane Lewis

Ella Mae Lightbourn

Sharon Elaine Ligghtsey

Willie Ann Lucas

Gabriel Linder

Paulette Martin

Ruby Lee Matthews

Herman Lee McBurrows

Labrann Cynthia McCloud

Robert Albert McCoy

Aniat Louise McGruder

Julia McIntyre

Frank McNiel

Richard Mack

Phillip Marshall

Frank L. Martin

Judith Lorraine Miles

Herbert Samson Miller

Betty Ann Milligan

James Milton Frank Monroe

Herbert Frank Moore

Michael Morgan

Carol LaSaundra Mosley

Larry Nelson

Regina Louise Nelson

Mamie Lee Newkirk

Margaret Princess Parker

Learly Patterson

Earnest Harold Perkins

Earlene Bonita Pinder

William Edward Poitier

Dorothy Elizabeth Pressley

Elaine Pritchett

Sadie Pearl Pritchett

Annie Lene Randle

Eddie Randle

E. L. Randle

Janice Delores Reed

Lovell Lorenza Richardson, III

Gwendolyn Rigby

Rosa Belle Roberts

Beverly Denise Robinson

Debra Linda Robinson

Gwendolyn Marie Robinson

Samuel Rogers

Paulette Rolle

Vera Linda Rolle

Patricia Marcella Rowland

Mary Lee Scott

Patricia Louise Scott

Gracie Ann Sidney

Patsy Ann Simmons

Shical Simmons

Carolyn Jean Smith

Donald Cecil Simms

Clifford Smith

Johnnie Lee Smith

Pauline Smith

Shirley Ann Smith

James Snipes

Samuel Solomon

Velvia Louise Solomon

Joel Delano Stirrup

Edward Ronald Stokes

Sandra Antionette Taylor

Lemuel Maceo Thomas

Mary Ellen Thomas

Sharon Kelly Thomas

Anthony David Thompson

Anthony Leroy Thompson

Emily Louise Thompson

Herbert Elijah Thompson

Rosa Lee Thompson

James Arthur Townsley JoAnn Trimble

Leorn Walden

Fannye Lou Walker

Elijah Ben Walkins

George Ronald Washington McKinley Watkins

Barbara L. Weech

Clifford James West

Paul West

Barbara Ann Whitaker

Gail Patrice White

Andrew Edward Whitelow

Betty Virginia Williams

Georgianna Ruth Williams Gwendolyn Louise Williams

Herbert Williams, Jr. Joe Willie Williams

Juanita Williams

Viola Williams

Charles Wilson

Sharon Charmaine Wilson

Bridgett Ealine Wright

Ruby Lee Wyatt

Vincent Larry Young

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1967 JUNE

Irene Adderly

Theophilus Adderly

Eggie Albury

Sarah Albury

Peggy Anderson

Eloise Atkins

Bernedette Austin

Patricia Austin

Nathaniel bacon

Betty Baker

Mary Barkley

Gail Bennett

Doshar Bethel

Douglas Blackwell

Katie Blair

Essie Mae Bloodworth

June Boles

Anita Bowe

Sarah Brant

James Brooks

Carolyn Alphonso Brown

Ethel Alphonso Brown

Jonathan Alphonso Brown

Mary Alphonso Brown

Elliot Bryant

Vera Buggs

Patricia Burton Emily Busbee

Barbara Butler

Carolyn Butler

Edison Butts

Katie Cannady

Vernell Cannady

Juana Cardenas

Jacquelyn Carr

Larry Chester

Lillie Chester

Lentheus Chisholm

Henry Clark

Onevious Clark Roland Clarke Carolyn Clayton Cynthia Cochran Benjamin Cooney

Lottie Crowder

Eugene Dames

Victor Davila Beretha Davis

Charles Davis Dorothy Davis

Irene Davis

Leonard Davis Elizabeth Dean Thaddeus Deas Richard Demerit

Deloris Dennard Claretha Devoe Doretha Devoe

GRADUATION CLASS OF 1967

JUNE, cont.

Virginia Dorsett

Carolyn Dupree

Ruth Ann Eaddy

Mack Earvin

Freddy Edwards

Curtis Ford

Jessie Fobbs

Charles Fussell

Jeanette Gabriel

Janis Gaitor

Marilyn Gaitor

Jesse Gilbert

Cleo George Madelyn Gilbert

Robertha Gibson Kenneth Grant Woodfrow Green

Joseph Hall

Curtis Harrell Willie Hepburn Terrance Hill Michael Harper Rodney Hepburn Brenda Holder Joyce Hubert Patricia Ingram Jerry Ivery Martin Jackson Thomas Jackson Charles Jenkins Vivian Jenkins Beatrice Johnson Danise Johnson Gregory Johnson Shirley Johnson Teresa Johnson Barbara Jones

Joann Jones

Mertis Jones John Kemp Sylvia Kemp Carrrie King Lucius King Marvin Kight

Georgia Langs

William Lanier

Curtis Lewis

Deborah Lewis John Lewis Mary Livingston Arthur Lucas Leray Madry Carolyn Martin Janice Martin Mary Maltsby Eddie Mays Ethel McAllister Daisy McCormick Rosanna McKenzie Yvonne McKinney

Charlotte McLamore Harold Meadows Sylvia Meeks Shirley Miller William Miller Jerry Mitchell Henry Montgomery

Althea Moss Richard Neeley Emma Oxendine Gail Payne William Parks Larry Petty Johnnie Pinkney

BTW Class of 1967

Juliaetta Reese

Edith Richardson Stephen Robert Janet Roberts Elizabeth Robinson Iola Robinson Ethel Rolle Susann Rolle Mildred Rollins Charlie Rudolph Geary Rutherford Althea Sampson Brenda Sanders Earnest Sanders Olive Sanders Geraldine Scott Havert Scott

Lawrence Seals James Shepp Larry Simmons Charlie Smith

David Smith Albertha Smith Alfred Smith Patricia Smith Robert Smith Sylvia Smith

Johnnie Spearmon

Barbara Staley

Victoria Starks

Sammy Stevenson

Ernestine Strong Arthurine Symonette Deborah Symonette Marcus Symonetter Charlene Taylor Willie Taylor Lester Thomas Robert Thomas Rhonda Thomas Elizabeth Timmons

Johnny Tookes

Bernard Troutman

Lelia Mae thomas

Sheryl Troutman Johnny Turner

Annie Vassar

Freida Walden

Issac Walker Maggie Walker John Wallace Loreatha Wallace Herbert Warren Harvey Washington

Shirley Washington

Paulette Watkins

Frederica Watts

James Webb

Elnora White

Annetta Whitfield

Annie Williams

Barbara Williams

Christine Williams

Edward Williams Ellen Williams

Eula Williams

Joyce Williams

Rudolph Williams

Wenzel Williams

June Wish

Charles Wilson

Dorothy Wright

HONORARY GRADUATION

CLASS OF 1968 JUNE

Charles Adderly

Willene Adkins

Perman Anderson

Cheryl Bain

Larry Barney

Mary Bell

Anthony Black

Sheria Blackmon

Barry Blue Byron Briggs

Cynthia Brinson

Edward Alphonso Brown

Janet L. Alphonso Brown

Juanita Butler

Grant Carlyle

Linda Carter

Bobby Chetham

Lorenzo Cobb

Linda Cooks

Frank Cooney

John Culmer

Betty Daniels

Delphine Davis

Deborah Donovan

Adam Duggins

Eve Duggins

Charlene Edgecomb

Barbara Evans

Geraldine Evans

Herbert Evans

Deborah Everette

Thomas Franklin Paulette Gabriel

Lovie Gainer

Mildred Gamble

Larry George Mavis George Gloria Glover

Laura Goa

Edward Gooding

Essie Green

Rosalie Hall

Sheryl Hampton

Virginia Harrison Matilda Hodge

Joyce Holmes

Rae Jean Hopkins

Gladys Hudson

Bobby Hueston Willie Jenkins

Jo Ann Jewsome

Charles Johnson Craig Johnson

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Cynthia Johnson

Deborah P. Johnson

Deborah Johnson

Shirley Johnson

Broderick Kelly

Freddie A. King

Perry Knowles

Norma Lawrence

Cora Leggett

Marilyn Lewis

Linda Little

Arthur Luster

Marilyn Lynn Brenda Major

Marsha Marks

Diane McIntosh

Ben Milligan

Lenor Monroe

Lorenzo Mosely

Charlie Nealey

Ruthie Parks

Loretta Patterson

Allen Phillips, Jr.

Patricia Porter

Prentice Price

Sharon Reddick

Janie Richardson

George Robinson

Linda Robinson

Celestine Smith

Clarence Smith

Miriam E. Smith

Sylvester Smith

Linda Staley

Coleman Thomas, Jr. Errol Thompson

Lorraine Webb

Lovenia Webb

Patricia Wright Billie Young

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2003

Honorable Daisy Black | Community/Public Service Award

Father J. Kenneth Major | Cultural Award/Religion

Frederick A. Morley | Education Award

Benny O’Berry | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. James W. Bridges | Health Care Award

John D. Glover | Law Enforcement Award

Roderick “ Monk” Silva | Sports Award

2005

Eugenia B. Thomas | Community/Public Service Award

Col. Eugene F. Scott USA Ret | Cultural Award

Eunice J. Davis | Education Award

M. Athalie Range | Entrepreneurial Award

Carrie Bryant Mickey | Health Care Award

Dr. Preston W. Marshall, Jr. | Philanthropy Award Law Judge Calvin R. Mapp | Enforcement Award

2006

Enid Curtis Pinkney | Community/Public Service Award

Bea L. Hines | Cultural Award

Willie Mae Alphonso Brown | Education Award

Garth C. Reeves | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. Albert Rolle | Health Care Award

Laurasteen Jones | Philanthropy Award Law Lonnie R. Lawrence | Enforcement Award Larry Little | Sports Award

2007

Catherine Allen Smith | Community/Public Service Award

Lucius H. King, Sr. | Cultural Award

James Hunt | Education Award

Dr. Hattie M. Daniels | Health Care Award

Agnes Rolle Morton | Philanthropy Award Law

Mary Lee Hill | Enforcement Award

Alexander R. Sampson | Enforcement Award

Johnny Lee Napier | Sports Award

2009

Maud Newbold | Community/Public Service Award

Dr. Anthony Sweeting | Cultural Arts Award

Dr. Audrey McCluskey | Education Award

Robert Thomas | Education Award

Dr. Gay F. Outler | Entrepreneurial Award

Leonard Davis | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. Herman W. Dorsett | Health Care Award

James Green | Philanthropy Award

Thomas Marshall | Law Enforcement Award

David 0. Robinson, II, Esquire | Law Enforcement Award

George Williams | Sports Award

2010

Janice Haycock Cooks | Community Service Award

Gwendolyn H. Welters | Cultural Arts Award

Cecilia L. Hunter | Education Award

Milton A. Hall, I | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. Earl Allen | Health Care Award

Captain Rudy E. Mack, Sr. | Philanthropy Award

Clement Minnis | Public Service Award

Freddie “Jabo” Johnson | Sports Award

Marcella D. Moss | Youth Service Award

2011

Dr. Hortense Jean Hyche Jackson | Community/Public Service Award

Reed Williams | Cultural Arts Award

Dr. Sandra T. Thompson | Education Award

Alfred W. Williams | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. Gladstone A. Hunter, Jr. | Health Care Award

Franklin Clark | Philanthropy Award

Major Leroy A. Smith | Law Enforcement Award

Irvin Baulkman | Sports Award

Camonique White | Youth Service Award

2012

Rose Moorman | Community Service Award

Marcia J. Saunders | Public Service

Dr. Dorothy J. Fields | Cultural Award

Dr. Whittington B. Johnson | Education Award

Willie Warren | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. George K. Sands | Health Care Award

Charlie Mae Culpepper | Philanthropy Award

Henry Weatherspoon | Law Enforcement Award

General White | Sports Award

2013

Etta Harbin | Community Service Award

Wilhelmenia Carter | Cultural Arts Award

Dr. Daniel Akins | Education Award

N. Patrick Range | Entrepreneurial Award

Georgena D. Ford | Health Care Award

Paulette Martin | Philanthropy Award

Yvonne Harris | Public Service Award

Archie McKay, Sr. | Law Enforcement Award

Anthony Thompson | Sports Award/Youth Service Award

2014

Delores D. Hills | Community Service Award

Dr. Mary L. Hylor | Cultural Award

Linda M. Rogers | Public Service

Roberta C. Daniels | Education Award

Reginald Burton | Entrepreneurial Award

Dr. Herman Allen | Health Care Award

James Leggett | Philanthropy Award

James McCray | Law Enforcement Award

Nathaniel Ray | Sports Award

Damns Petit | Youth

2015

Velma Bouie Arnold | Community Service

Martha Clayton Day | Community Service

Juanita H. Green | Public Service Award

Shamar Z. Robbins | Cultural Award

Dr. Maybeline Pinkston Truesdell | Education Award

Gloria Mitchell Godet | Entrepreneurial Award

Charles R. Singletery | Health Care Award

Leon Henry Clark | Philanthropy Award

Brandon Harris | Sports

2016

Dr. Juanita Thomas-Shaw | Community Service

Willie Green | Public Service Award

Dr. Kelsey Collie | Cultural Award

Neatie Bell Smith-Green | Education Award

Demetra Dean Washington | Education Award

Ralph Williams | Entrepreneurial Award

Thomasena Wilson | Health Care Award

Francenia H. Scott | Philanthropy Award

Major (Ret.) Moses Jones, Jr. | Military/Law Enforcement John Lee Tellis, Jr. | Sports Demetrius Jackson | Future Young Leader

2017

Barbara Mason-Gardener | Community Service

Dr. Patricia Worthy Oyeshiku | Education

Dr. Jessie Monroe Robinson | Education

Dr. Roland C. Burroughs | Health Care Father James McPhee | Philanthropy James Campbell | Philanthropy

Honorable A. Leo Adderly (Ret.) | Law Antonio Dixon | Sports

2018

Dr. Eloise McCoy-Cain | Community Service

Lucille M. Dobrin | Cultural Arts

Dr. Bennie W. Samuels | Education

Gwendolyn Harmon Walker | Entrepreneurial

Cleo George Reynolds | Health Care

Terry Jefferson | Future Young Leader

Sharon N. Lovett | Philanthropy

Janet R. Symonette | Public Service

Percy Oliver | Sports

Joint 50th

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Adams, Theodore F. Albury, Arnold Anderson, William Ashmon, Sheaffer Atwell George Banks, William E. Barnes, Anthony Blue, Leroy Brennon, Willie Brown, George E. Brown, Richard A. Bryant, Leonard Burnette, Oliver A. Campbell George Cash, Frederick Clark James Clark Jerome Cooper, Patrick Culmer, Harold C. Darkins, Earnest L.

Booker T. Washington High School SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

President Phillip Hepburn

Vice-President

Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Treasurer

Parliamentarian

Charles Johnson

Marcia Johnson

Julia Sawyer

Alfreda Stibins

Marcella Wake

Reporter Maude Newbold Business Manager Alex Payne

June 1958

Davis, Leon Dawkins, Benjamin Dean, Alphonso Delancy, James Demeritt, James Dorsett, Herman W. Duhart, Frank L. Edward,Dennis Evans, Daniel Ferguson, Bertram Finlayson, Raymond H. Finley, Floyd Finley, Robert Flowers, Charles A. Floyd, Clyde Gallamore, Louis M Generette, William H. George, Ivan E. Gray, Joel Haddock John H.

Hadley, Howard A., Jr. Hall Sanford, Jr. Hammit, Robert Hanks, Curtis L. Harris, Henry J. Hepburn, Phillip G. Hill William Hopkins, Richard Horton, Edward Huyler, Henry Johnson, Charles Johnson, Graham Jones, Earnest Lightbourn, Arnold Love, Norman E. McCray, James Mckinney, Edward Mansfield, Richard Mellerson, Nathaniel Mitchell, Willie L.

GRADUATES - BOYS

Moreland, Walter Murray, Tommie Murvin, Herman V. North, Willie J. Loiver, William Owens, Jessie C. Payne, Alex Pitts, Carl L. Pitts, Robert L. Poitier, Robert Puyol, Henry E. Rahming, Ralph Rolle, Richard Sampson, Harold Sanders, Nathniel Sands, Arlington Smith, Frank Smith, Paul E. Smith, Ronald Smith, Walter

June 1958 GRADUATES - GIRLS

Abel Elizabeth Akers, Betty Baker, Betty Jean Bethel Francis M. Boykin, Mary Ann Brooks, Carletha B. Brown, Marian Jean Bryant, Mozelle Cambridge, Margaret Campbell Annie B. Campbell, Mattie Carey, Constance Cash, Gloria Clark, Elmarie Clarke, Beverly L. Collie, Barbara J. Copeland, Arletha Curry, Ronda L. Davis, Betty E.

Davis, Ethel Juryll Davis, Shirley A Everette, Jo Ellen Francis, Donna J. Frazier, Brenda A. Fullard, Mary F. Gray, Emily Gullatt, Annie L. Hawkins, Anna J. Hill, Marva Elaine Holder, Oretha B. Holmes, Yvonne A. Hunt, Mary Eddis Jackson, Joyce O. James, Marian E. James, Naomi Jenkins, Betty J. Johnson, Bennette Johnson, Isabella

Johnson,Jewyll R. Johnson, Marcia E. Johnson. Theddie L. Jones, Bertha M. Jones, Greathel Jones, Mae Francis Kelly, Betty Lester, Barbara Lightbourn, Elizabeth Lowery, Dalus M. Ludlow, Selma J. Mccloud, Edith Martin, Betty Sue Maxwell Bettye Milton, Mary Etta Mitchell Gloria J. Mitchell, Shirley Mortimer, Ann Moss Hilda A.

Snell, Roy J. Stanford, James Stibbins, Alfred Strachan, John E. Summers, Cleve Sweeting, Sumner Thompson, Burnell Tillman, Earl Trammel, William Walker, Oscar Walker, Spencer Watts, Carl Jr. Watts, Edward Watts; Tyrone White. Edward White, Ulysses Williams, Harold Woods, Calrence Woos, Herbert Young, Theodore

Newbold, Maude P. Nicholas, Patricia Nxon Beverly E. Paul Juanita Perkins, Patricia Phillips,Patracia Roberts, Delphine Robinson, Annette Robinson, Carmen M. Ross. Irma Francis Sands, Leotha Sawyer, Julia V. Sellers, Lucille Shepard, Clemente Smith, Bertha Mae Smith, Christophera Smith, Eleanor Smith, Ethel M. Solomon, Elizabeth

Solomon, Lena B. Spicer, Carolyn Stibbins, Alfreda

Thompson, Elizabeth Tims. Annie B. Tripp, Willie B. Troupe, Josie M. Usher, Marie E. Wake, Marcella Whitehead, Judith Wiggins, Esslyn Y. Williams, Bunny Williams, Francis Y. Williams, Ione Williams, Joan Williams, Maxine Williams, Virginia D. Wilson, Albertha Young. Mary Gladys

BTW Class of 1961

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Patrons

Patrons of Madeline Atwell

Freddie Jr. & Kim Atwell

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Williams & Sons

Mr. & Mrs. Devon Smalls & Sons

Mrs. Arnetta Anderson

Mr. David Anderson

Dr. Devin D. Brown

Mrs. Felicia Brown

Mrs. Mary Dottie

Ms. Delores Ferguson (Class of 1964)

Mrs. Juanita Gittens (Class of 1960)

Mrs. LaRonda Johnson

Mrs. Margaret Johnson

Mrs. Veronica King (Class of 1965)

Mrs. Fannie Mosley

Mrs. Willie Mosley

Mrs. Kim Daniels Thomas

Mrs. Sandra Crawley Wilson (Class of 1962)

Mrs. Josie Jones Wright (Class of 1962)

Mrs. Susie Cooper

Mr. Jerome Cooper

Mrs. Eloise Washington

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Oce

Dr. Mary Hylor Laura Jones

Marjorie Glass & Family Lorraine King

Patrons of Marilyn Bellamy

Marsha Marks-Scott-6

Cora White-5

Cynthia Rowe-1

Marsha House-1

Mizie Hanna-1

Philander Black-Wykle-1

of Roberta Thompson Daniels, President, Booker T. Washington Alumni Associaton, Inc.

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Me`Kaylah Alexa Meredith

An intelligent and enthusiastic 9-year old, is a 3rd grade student at Joella C. Good Elementary. At her school, she participates in the Montessori and Gifted Programs. Me`Kaylah has earned the Principal`s Honor Roll for 10 consecutive grading periods. In the future, she aspires to become a Pediatric Cardiologist. Her love for Mathematics and Science is astounding. Me`Kaylah is an active member of the Inspired Rhythms Dance Company (IRDC). Her interests include Reading Chapter Books and Coding. Some of her hobbies are draw ing animals and people, dancing, playing golf , and making slime.

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Anita McGruder ................................................ 180

Bahamian Pot 187

Beacon Hill Salute to BTW JROTC 197

Bennie Samuels ............................................... 172

Brownsville Church of Christ ............................ 165

BTW Alumni Association .................................. 3

BTW Alumni Athlete Club 120

BTW Class of 1938 11

BTW Class of 1949........................................... 21

BTW Class of 1951........................................... 182

BTW Class of 1953 174

BTW Class of 1955 58

BTW Class of 1956 107

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BTW Class of 6T5 ............................................ 186

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Capt. Rudy Mack 66

Cecilia Hunter-Frank Johnson Half pg ad .......... 165

Cuperdine Davis

Dr Dorithy Fields

Elestine Allen 115 & 188

Eunice Davis 179

Friendly Nails .................................................... 164

George Storr

George Washington Carver Class of 1966 202

Greater St. James Missionary Baptist Church 194 Gwen Walker 106

Hope Church of Christ

Hunter Lawrence Fields

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John & Jessie Jenkins 199

John Goldsmith................................................. 199

Joyce Oliver

Keon Hardemon - City of Miami........................ 205

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Leroy A. Smith 32

Lenora Braynon Smith

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Lorraine King Mobley 171 Marilyn Bellemy 49 Marilyn Bellamy 164 Marsha Marks ................................................... 48

The Newbold Family ......................................... 67 Me ‘Kaylah Alexa Meredith 203 MGill MBDA 204

Miami Jackson Class of 1968 196 Milton Feldon .................................................... 182 Nikki Lexus Unisex Salon

164 Paper Trails 121 Patrons 201

Peace Missionary Baptist Church

48 Peggy Green..................................................... 67 RCL

185 Richardson Mortuary Inside Front Cover Rose Moorman 107 Ruth Sweeten Walkes....................................... 7

Sista’s That Rock

SITNOL 196 Tennessee State University 198

The Daniel E. & Lenora S. Johnson Family 20

The Ebony DJ

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The Strachan Family 114

The Wake Family 106

Touch of Passion Catering

A Little history. Family owned since 1946

Meet Our Awesome Ceo Shirlene Ingraham Ms. Ingraham, CEO, is the pioneer running the operations of Jackson Soul Food and has been doing so for over thirty years. With time, love, quality food, and dedication to loyal customer service; Shirlene cultivated Jackson Soul Food into a first-class establishment. She takes pleasure in ensuring that all her guests are welcomed and satisfied.

A Few Words About Us

Since 1946, Jessie and Demas Jackson birthed what had become a multi-faceted legacy. The Jacksons established Mama’s Café, a comfort style soul food restaurant that thrived in the Overtown community and served as a foundation for a lineage of first-class establishments.

Indeed, the Jacksons raised all 12 of their children with the same core business values promot ing quality food, a refreshing jazz style ambience and great customer service. The apple does not fall far from the generational tree.

The Soul Food Experience

Shirlene Jackson Ingraham Propelled the family legacy at the renowned Jackson Soul Food restaurant located at 950 NW 3rd Avenue, with a second location at 14511 NW 27th Avenue where local, national, and international visitors, and celebrities flock to savor traditional soul food culinary delights such as their famous catfish and biscuits.

Jackson Soul Food welcomes all of you - the community, businessmen and businesswomen, tourists and celebrities alike- to our home away from home.

We thank you for your patronage spanning over 60 years, and we invite you to be a part of “The Soul Food Experience”.