First Faculty at BTW

Many of the BTW grads had a chance to study under the first faculty assigned to Booker T. Washington High School. These were truly pioneers and they will always be remembered in the history of BTW, Shreveport and the nation.

Their dedication and sacrifice should be examples to all who follow in the grand tradition of "EDUCATORS" at BTW. They should serve a role models to all who have the privaledge to follow in thier footsteps. If you are a teacher that walks the halls of BTW, you must feel the presence of these great americans (giants) who led black children at a time when they and the students struggled against the forces of Jim Crow.

This listing is taken from that outstanding work by Mr. Willie Burton, The Blacker The Berry...A Black history of Shreveport. The magnificent 65 were as follows:

R.H. Brown, Principal
Effie Dougherty
Albert Moody
Theola Jackson
Sammie Mann
Rebecca Legardy
Ruth Lincoln
Effie Sapp
Corinne Taylor
M.J. Powell
Antoinette James
Melviney Jones
Howard Robinson
Vernon Burden
Blanche H. Milloy
Mandura Brown
Willard Hooks
Walter C. Walker
Ralph Milner
Alonzo T. Chambers, Assistant Principal
Hazel L. Payne
Albertine B. Pogue
Elizabeth Stackhouse
Arthurline Yancy
Hazel S. Harrison
Susie T. Nelson
Frank Rayson
Geneva Burks
Mae Etta Scott
Gretchen Claiborne
Carrie P. Selber
Nancy Davis
Barney Fields
James S. Arthur
Andrew Hall
Ezekiel Moore
George T Brown
Courtland Milloy
Pearl Lee
Ella Nelson
Emerolyn Brown
Herman Selber
Adrena D. Hawkins
Mary Anderson
Pauline Green
George Henderson
Herbert Webb
Ophelia Williams
Bertha Hammit
Charles Johnson
Henrietta Sartor
Nannie Lou Leech
Timothy Ball
Clifton Davis
Walter Compier
James T. Hayes
George Collins
Sidney R. Watters
Doretha Barnes
Susie Hendrix
Olive C. Brown
Leonard C. Barnes
Beulah O'Neal
Lucille Tisby
Blanchard Bell
Dolzie Epps
Lucille Hodge

This completes the truly "HONOR ROLL" of educators in the history of Shreveport, LA. You have left hugh footprints for those who follow. Thank you for your leadership, scholarship and ability to serve during a period of our nation's history that provided little or no support.