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Cortelyou confirmed that the President would wear formal attire that evening and advised Booker T. to do the same. Luckily, Booker T. had packed a black dress suit and he gave it to Mrs. McKinlay to send out for pressing. Meanwhile, there was ...  

James "Shirt" Williams, a standout basketball player at Booker T. Washington High School and Xavier University, died Tuesday night of heart failure. He was 59. Williams, a forward, was a key player on Washington teams in the 1969-70 and '70-71 seasons that ...  

CORPUS CHRISTI - The city has placed construction barricades in front of dilapidated Booker T. Washington school complex on the north side of town. As we reported last week, a survey of problems in the Hillcrest area revealed the building that does not ...  

Book Review: Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation by Deborah Davis Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:24 p.m., Sunday, May 20, 2012 Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House...  

Kathleen Parker, Washington PostThe past several days of Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s life have been painfully amusing to watch.Painful because Booker, a rising Democratic star, is such a good guy. Amusing, because rarely are Americans treated to such premier seats in the political theater of truth and consequence.That is, tell the truth and beware the consequences.Booker has gained much unwelcome attention from his own political party, while...  

The Hornets return a veteran group of linebackers, including senior Mike Evans, who had 105 tackles last year; Melvin Gilliam (83 tackles) and Hollis Birmingham (73 tackles). »» The Hornets' nondistrict schedule includes two games against 5A ...  

by Gerald Ensley Democrat senior writer -- The first of five panel discussions commemorating the 100th anniversary of educator Booker T. Washington's tour of Florida will be Satuday at St. John's Episcopal Church. On Sunday, Tallahassee holds its annual Emancipation Day celebration.  

I haven't read the book, but now I'm interested.  Maybe I'll get it for my daughter so she can bring it into her history classes. One thing I want to call to your attention is that the later printings of the book contain an "explanation" in the forward by a Marxist professor, telling us not to take it seriously.  What was that Michelle Obama said about the left's need to change our history and our traditions?   This weblog...  

"We believe things others say about us rather than the positive things we know about ourselves," he said. Christopher Dean, the senior with no future plans until he introduced Obama and rocketed to YouTube fame, received the biggest dividend.  

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Booker T. Washington once said, "an inch of progress is worth a yard of complaint."Throughout Washington's career, he countered with much opposition from men such as William Monroe Trotter and W.E.B. Du Bois who felt that he was not doing enough to fight for an immediate end of racism and segregation in the United States....Read Full Post  

OKLAHOMA CITY - With one stunning swing of his right foot Tuesday night, Oklahoma City Northwest midfielder Jonathan Flores dashed the dreams of the unbeaten Booker T. Washington boys soccer team. The Class 5A semifinal was in overtime, six ...  

Tulsa landmark project to honor Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver ...Chicago TribuneA groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday on a privately funded north Tulsa landmark project honoring Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. The project on the northwest corner of Pine Street and Peoria Avenue will consist of two ...and more »  

Washington's new head coach. He succeeds Darrell Hall, who coached the 2010 Hornets to the Class 5A state title and recently became the new head man at Midwest City. Before leaving Tulsa, Hall recommended Dantzler for the job. During the process ...  

Washington edged No ... fought off a pesky unranked Eagle squad. Carwile's two goals give him 22 for the season and 64 for his career and sends BTW to a Friday quarterfinal match against either Coweta or East Central. Before Carwile's second ...  

A famous retired Tuskegee Airman drew a large crowd at a fundrasing event for a local national monument Saturday evening. More than 50 people attended the fundrasing event for the Friends of the Booker T. Washington National Monument. It was ...