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Hampton Roads Community News1 year ago
Congrats! BTW Student! Named Presidential Scholar
HAMPTON ROADS/NJG A Norfolk high school senior was recently named one of 161 seniors from across the nation selected for the 58th Class of U.S. Presidential...
Hampton Roads Community News1 year ago
BTW Class of 1972 Planning Golden Jubilee Reunion
By Glen Mason Fine Arts and Cultural Correspondent New Journal and Guide NORFOLK, VA They marched to the school board to protest moving their school to...
Hampton Roads Community News3 years ago
Mask Up With Booker T
NORFOLK (L-R) Ashley Avery and Inez Mason of the BTW Friends and Alumni Foundation stopped by the NJG Office recently with custom designed BTWHS masks as...
Hampton Roads Community News5 years ago
Once A Booker, Always A Booker…
NORFOLK Two power-packed and enthusiastic events on Feb. 23 celebrated the 102 years that Booker T. Washington High School has educated young people in Norfolk. That...
Black Arts and Culture5 years ago
BTWHS Supporters Prepare for Legacy Celebration
NORFOLK The Booker T. Washington High School’s Concerned Citizens held its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 14 in preparation for the upcoming Celebration of the School’s...
Hampton Roads Community News5 years ago
60 Years Ago: Booker T. Remains Open When White Schools Closed To Defy Desegregation
On September 29, 1958, Virginia Governor Lindsay Almond, faced with a court order to comply with a federal court order to admit 17 Black students in Norfolk...

New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters September 24, 2023
Beleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities. The post New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.
A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials September 24, 2023
The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state's governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles. The post A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his […]