Christmastime at Booker T. Washington High School — 1950s
Decorating, celebrating, and volunteering.
Decorating, celebrating, and volunteering.
Legendary baseball player Ernie Banks may be “Mr. Cub,” but he started out as a star athlete at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas.
Photos and ads of singers, undertakers, a hotel, and a clinic.
Photos of African American churches active in the 1930s.
Photos of six schools in segregated Dallas for African American children.
Random images of football being enjoyed in Big D over the decades.
“Operated by Colored folks *for* Colored folks.”
High school football, 1909-style.
A handful of photographs gives us a glimpse into an ordinary man’s life in Dallas.