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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 the United States
Location 1400 Wheat St., Columbia, SC
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. The Booker T. Washington High School Foundation was established to preserve and celebrate the school's heritage and legacy.

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

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

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.

Alumni

See also

  • List of things named after Booker T. Washington
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