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Timeline of the African American

Education Experience

In Dallas County

The Archives and History Program began in February 2002. The mission is to collect and maintain a repository of artifacts, documents and visual images that record African American education experiences in Dallas County.

Scroll through the timeline below to discover landmark dates and notable individuals dating from before 1874 and beyond.

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Timeline of the African American

Education Experience in Dallas County

Before 1874

ActivityNotables
Classes in Churches/HomesBoll Street CME
New Hope Baptist
Freedmen’s Bureau 
Before 1874

1874

ActivityNotables
First Public SchoolsColored School No. 1
Colored School No. 2
Colored School No. 3
Colored School No. 4
Colored School No. 5
Colored School No. 6
Colored School No. 7
1874

1900

Dallas Colored High School 1902-1950

ActivityFirst Graduates
Trail Blazers/PioneersH. S. Thompson
J. W. Ray
J. P. Starks
N. W. Harllee
B. F. Darrell
Charles Rice
A. S. Jackson
Willie F. Asberry
Julia C. Frazier
Georgia Prestwood
J. B. Richie
1900

1921

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Booker T. Washington High 
Dallas, Lancaster, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, Irving, Wilmer Hutchins, Richardson, Addison 
Private/Parochial SchoolsEllen Larkin
1921

1929

ActivityNotables
Central Staff SupervisorsJimmie Tyler Brashear
Yvonne A. Ewell
1929

1939

ActivityPrincipals/Staff
Lincoln High School 
Wiley Extension (Jr. College)Taft Wilson
1939

1950

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Southwest Business SchoolGeorge Allen Jr.
 Haywood Sparks
1950

1952

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Texas State Teachers AssociationJames McClure
Dallas School Executives ClubRobert Brown, Jr.
Principals’ Wives ClubBobbie Lang
 Dorothy Andrews
Negro Credit UnionLumpkin Benjamin
 Charlie Kirkpatrick
Negro PTAKathlyn Gilliam
Private Aesthetic Arts TeachersMadam Pratt
Ella Lois Hudson
Mary Lois Sweatt
Ann Williams
Bertha M. Shepherd
Ollie Lee Scruggs
Lena Lou Estell
Swimming, Tennis, et. al.YWCA, YMCA and City Park
ScoutingYWCA and YMCA
SportsJohn Kinkaid
Dallas Teachers CouncilAda Williams
Dallas Teachers AllianceAda Williams
American Teachers AssociationJohnetta Williams
1952

1956

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
James Madison High SchoolJohnetta Williams
1956

1961

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Bishop College Relocates to DallasMilton Curry
Olivia Phillips
Bishop Center (Jr. College)Margaret P. Anderson
Caesar Toles
1961

1962

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Pinkston High SchoolLucy McDonald Davis
Roscoe Smith
Prairie View Extension
students performed in the top 1 % in DISD		Clyde Arnold
H. S. Thompson
1962

1963

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Largest Boy Scouts Troop in the World In DISDRoscoe Smith
1963

1967

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
First African American to receive the “Outstanding Young Educator of Dallas Award” by Classroom Teachers of Dallas and Dallas Jr. Chamber of CommerceRoscoe Smith
1967

1968

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Desegregation of Central Administration At 3700 Ross AvenueYvonne Ewell
Priscilla McGaughey
Roscoe Smith
1968

1970

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Desegregation Orders “Television” PlanSam Tasby
W. J. Durham
C. B. Bunkley
Brice Cunningham
Kathlyn Gilliam
Robert Price
ECE, Magnets / Academies / Vanguards East Oak Cliff Sub-districtLeon M. Hayes
Nolan Estes
Yvonne A. Ewell
1984-Learning CentersNellie R. Lewis
Sandra Malone
Louise Smith
1970

1971

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Dallas Teacher Education Centers Dunbar, Silberstein, HulcyOuida Ploger
Melvin Howe
Joy Barnhart
Central Staff AdministratorsOtto M. Fridia
J. Leslie Patton
William Cotton
Timothy Beckett
Roscoe Smith
Mabel Thomas
Priscilla McGaughey
Harold W. Lang
Julia Jordan
District IX On the MoveKathlyn Gilliam
Glorias Dixon
Johnnie Jackson
Selena Butler Leadership InstituteKathlyn Gilliam
1971

1972

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
DISD Parental Involvement with The Central Parent Advisory Council, Considered a “Model for the Nation” by President Nixon.Roscoe Smith
1972

1985

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
drNABSEAlfred L. Roberts
Shirley Ison-Newsome
Areatha S. Jones
Charmaine Price
Nellie R. Lewis
1985

1988

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
African American SuperintendentMarvin E. Edwards
1988

1990

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Paul Quinn College Relocates to DallasComer/Isabell Cottrell
1990

2002

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
DISD declared UnitaryBarefoot Sanders
Mike Moses
Sandra Malone
Schools Named for African AmericansGerri Williams
Verna Mitchell
List of Principals /AdministratorsKay F. Hunter
Gerri Williams
2002

1874-2006

SchoolPrincipals/Staff
Roll of HonorBobbie Lang
Rachel McGee
Laura Muckleroy
Gwen Brantley
1874-2006

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