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

Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium
Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina) is located in South Carolina
Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina)
Location in South Carolina
Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina) is located in the United States
Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina)
Location in United States
Location1400 Wheat St., Columbia, SC
Coordinates33°59′35″N 81°01′31″W / 33.99306°N 81.02528°W / 33.99306; -81.02528
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No.100003059
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 2018

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

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

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

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

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References

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