Booker T. Washington High School

Booker T. Washington High School is an Oklahoma historical marker in Tulsa County.

Tulsa County · on south edge of OSU-Tulsa campus · location approximate

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The original school for African American students in Tulsa was a four-room wood building constructed in 1913. In 1919, a brick building was built on the same site and was one of the few structures to survive the 1921 Race Riot. The school moved to its present site in 1950.

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Booker T. Washington High School

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