There are 3 article(s) tagged Booker T. Washington:

• April 2024

  • Memphis’ Humes school, Elvis Presley’s alma mater, is closing after yearslong turnaround attempt

    Humes, now a middle school, is exiting a state-run turnaround district after 10 years. Its students will be reassigned to a school in a different part of the city.

    By Laura Testino April 17, 2024

• November 2022

  • Second-round TSSAA football playoff games promise intrigue

    Two regular-season rematches highlight Friday’s playoff schedule.

    Related story:

    Region 8-5A football team announced

    By John Varlas November 10, 2022

• August 2022

  • Keepers of the flame: New exhibit focuses on schools, educators in the segregated South

    Photographer Andrew Feiler traveled 25,000 miles to capture images, interviews and history connected to Rosenwald Schools, a program created in 1912 by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington.

    By Jasmine McCraven August 18, 2022