Booker T. Washington High School
Booker T. Washington High School is a public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Named for the famous educator Booker T. Washington, the school opened in September 1924 under the auspices of the Atlanta Board of Education, with the late Charles Lincoln Harper as principal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School
- Description: first public high school for African-Americans in the state of Georgia and the Atlanta Public Schools system
- Also known as: “Booker T Washington High School”, “Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Georgia)”, and “Washington High School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morehouse College and Washington Park.
Morehouse College
University
Morehouse College is a private, historically black, men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres near downtown Atlanta, the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights. Morehouse College is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Booker T. Washington High School.
Washington Park
Park
Washington Park is a historically black neighborhood in northwest Atlanta encompassing historic residential, commercial, and community landmark buildings.
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
Library
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The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library is a library in Atlanta which serves the three members of the Atlanta University Center, the world's oldest consortium of historically black colleges and universities. Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center is situated 2,600 feet east of Booker T. Washington High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include English Avenue and Vine City and West Atlanta.
English Avenue and Vine City
Neighborhood
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English Avenue and Vine City are two adjacent and closely linked neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia. Together the neighborhoods make up neighborhood planning unit L.
West Atlanta
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West Atlanta is the side of Atlanta that includes the neighborhoods Bankhead, Vine City, West End, Oakland City, Westview, and Riverside.
Castleberry Hill
Neighborhood
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Castleberry Hill is a historic arts district and southwest district of Downtown Atlanta. It is a federally recognized historic district since 1985 and became a City of Atlanta Landmark District in 2006.
Booker T. Washington High School
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: Fulton, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.75365° or 33° 45′ 13″ northLongitude
-84.42171° or 84° 25′ 18″ westElevation
971 feet (296 metres)Named after
Booker T. WashingtonOpen location code
865QQH3H+F8OpenStreetMap ID
way 34841192OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
4183819Wikidata ID
Q7971914
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Booker T. Washington High School” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدرسة واشنطن الثانوية”
- Armenian: “Վաշինգտոնի ավագ դպրոց”
- Basque: “Washington High School”
- Belarusian: “Вашынгтонская вышэйшая школа”
- Chinese: “華盛頓高中 (亞特蘭大)”
- Czech: “Washington High School (Atlanta)”
- French: “Washington High School”
- Greek: “Γυμνάσιο Ουάσινγκτον”
- Hebrew: “תיכון וושינגטון”
- Irish: “Ardscoil Washington”
- Japanese: “ワシントン高等学校”
- N'Ko: “ߓߎߞߊ߫ ߕߌ ߥߊߛ߭ߌ߲ߕߐ߲߬ ߞߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߛߏ ߛߊ߲ߘߐߕߊ”
- N'Ko: “ߥߊߛ߭ߌ߲ߕߐ߲߬ ߞߊ߬ߙߊ߲߬ߕߊ ߛߊ߲ߘߐߕߊ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Washington High School”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washington High School”
- Spanish: “Washington High School”
- Swedish: “Washington High School”
- Urdu: “واشنگٹن ہائی اسکول”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Uwchradd Washington”
- “Washington High School”
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