Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, South Carolina)
Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium | |
Location in South Carolina Location in United States | |
| Location | 1400 Wheat St., Columbia, SC |
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| Coordinates | 33°59′35″N 81°01′31″W / 33.99306°N 81.02528°W |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 100003059 |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 2018 |
Booker T. Washington High School served African American students in Columbia, South Carolina.[1][2][3][4] The Booker T. Washington High School Foundation was established to preserve and celebrate the school's heritage and legacy.[5]
Educational historian Anthony L. Edwards has written about the school and its history and conducted interviews as part of his research.[6]
The school's auditorium is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]
The University of South Carolina's Museum of Education hosts a web exhibition on the high school and its participation in a 1940 Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes’ Secondary School Study.[8]
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References
- ^ "Photo Asset | Booker T. Washington High School | History Of SC Slide Collection | Knowitall.org". www.knowitall.org.
- ^ "SC Historic Properties Record : National Register Listing : Booker T. Washington High School Auditorium [S10817740167]". schpr.sc.gov.
- ^ "Booker T. Washington High School (Columbia, S.C.) [WorldCat Identities]".
- ^ "Gone but not Forgotten: Booker T. Washington High School, 1916-1974". May 19, 2015.
- ^ "Booker T. Washington High School Foundation". bookertwashingtonfoundationsc.org.
- ^ Edwards, Anthony L. (March 1998). Booker T. Washington High School (1916-1974): Voices of Remembrance (PDF).
- ^ "Popular UofSC civil rights exhibit will have a permanent home". University of South Carolina.
- ^ "USC: Museum of Education".