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Booker T. Washington High School's 1st principal honored in Tulsa

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A memorial to the life of Ellis Walker Woods, the first principal for Tulsa’s iconic Booker T. Washington High School, is seen Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at Oklahoma State University Tulsa. (KTUL photo)
A memorial to the life of Ellis Walker Woods, the first principal for Tulsa’s iconic Booker T. Washington High School, is seen Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at Oklahoma State University Tulsa. (KTUL photo)
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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) – The first principal for Tulsa’s iconic Booker T. Washington High School was honored Friday with a memorial.

Ellis Walker Woods, the son of a freed Mississippi slave, walked 500 miles from Memphis to Oklahoma to answer the call for more black teachers.

He went on to serve as principal at Booker T. Washington from 1913 until 1948.

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The high school was originally located on the current site of Oklahoma State University Tulsa, where the memorial now stands.

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