Two schools, one story: A century after Booker T. Washington High School opened, alumni celebrate th

100 years after opening as Dallas' first Black high school, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts remains a vital Dallas institution.

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Pioneer Booker T. Washington daughter was a teacher in Dallas and her husband built a historical church and the KNIGHTS OF TEMPLER and etc in Texas. It was a place where the black social clubs and dentist and doctors of that time . Her name was PORTIA WASHINGTON PITTMAN and husband was WILLIAM SYDNEY PITTMAN , the architect. " THE PITTMAN, hotel downtown carries the namesake of William Sydney Pittman in his honor in Deep Ellum.

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That’s my school! Class of 2003!

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My 95-year-old father graduated from Booker T. Washington. He had to pick cotton in Richardson and Plano during the summer before he could go to school.