Booker T. Washington High School

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Opened in 1924, Booker T. Washington High School was the first high school for African American students in Atlanta. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the school boasts such notable graduates as Lena Horne and Martin Luther King Jr. Renovations on the school began in 2004.

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