Of course "we" know who they are. However, as this is a message board visited by people from, well, all over the world, (thus the term "world wide web"), I thought I'd take the time to enlighten the few who may not be as up on African American figures as "we" are. :)

Oh then excuse me. (I didn't know that is what www meant.) :rolleyes:

BTW, for you to assume that Arthur Ashe and Tina Turner are not internationally known is rather condescending, not only to them, but to folx on here who are not African American. Oh and guess what? GCers have educated themselves across GLO lines and many of them also know the importance of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle.

Get your post count up before you make assumptions about this board.

Lastly (because you have ticked me off,) before your time, it was Sumner's choir under the direcrion of Kenneth Billups (the author of the national Kappa Hymn) that was known nationally and internationally. Grace Bumbry was on of his mentees. The choir made news when as an all Black high school it performed the original version of Aida. Oh and did I say all-Black? Yes. Sumner's historical designation is because it was the first high school for Blacks west of the Mississippi. And when I was in high school Roosevelt's AA population was minimal.

And while I am at it, let me mention that most of the early AA Doctors, Dentists, Lawyers, Business Owners in the Lou would not have accomplished what they did, if not for the fact they could attend high school at Sumner. Because the other school such as Roosevelt would not admit them.

whoosah, sorry folx, but had to get that out behind someone with only 5 posts.

Ridgeway High School
Memphis, TN

Class of 1993

Well, I guess you tol' me.

I am well aware of the international status of Ashe and Turner. However, I am not presumptuous enough to believe that every person who looks at this message board is aware of who they are.

Thank you for sharing the history of Sumner High School. I'm sure there were many who were not aware of it. However, in 1990, when I started high school, which was after your time, Sumner's choir was not the bomb digity: Roosevelt's Vocal Jazz Ensemble was. The director was Dello Thedford, and due to intergration, I was allowed to attend.

My post count, be it 5 or 5000, is not the issue. I can, and will, post whatever I choose, whenever I choose. I have not been condescending, assumptuous, or disrespectful in any of my 5 posts. Make that 6.

I've ticked you off. That was not my intent. Be that as it may, it isn't the first time I've managed to tick someone off, and I'm pretty sure, it won't be the last.

Oh, I forgot to mention my middle school principal, Mr. Arthur Sharpe (an Omega) is also an alumnus of Sumner.

Douglass High School
Atlanta Ga
C/O 00

Mt. de Sales Academy *1851-present*
Class of 2006 ... 125th GRADUATING CLASS !!! hell yeah!!
Home of the CAVALIERS

Some notables: two of the guys in R.E.M. got kicked out for drinking at prom , and the guy that kicked them out is STILL THERE!!!

Catholic School hell yeah!! lol except mine was coed not all girl ... well it was all girl until like the 50s or 60s but that was way before my time! lol

^ yes i know that doesn't correspond with the dates the school has been around but that's because the first graduating class started in elementary school and they kept adding grades til they graduated :-) the school used to be elementary-high school but when then they cut out the elementary school making it 7th-12th from like the 60s til my sophomore year when they added 6th grade again....

i know the fight song because i cheered but the alma mater i have no clue on!! lol

I remember my HS's song

Barbara Jordan High School for Careers
Class of '94

why yes, yes I did. And I will reiterate, get to know the flavor of a board before you make assumptions about it.

Hughes CenterC.A.M.A.S program!Cincinnati,OhioClass of 2000!

Norman Thomas High School (NYC)
Class of 1990!! :D

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Chicago, IL
Orange and Blue // Dolphins

(...but we in the Marching Band were embarrassed to be Marching 'Dolphins', so we changed it to Marching Chargers!! .. so illegal)

I'm a Product of HISD...
 

I'm from Houston!!! Alright "Raw Shaw"

The High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
C/O 2001
Blue and Gray (or silver depending on the day of the week)
Eagles

I'm also showing love to the mighty Colts of Evan E. Worthing!

Murrell Dobbins/Randolph AVTS
Philadelphia, PA
Class of 1996
Red and Gray
Go Mighty-Mighty Mustangs!

Nordonia High School
Macedonia, OH

c/o 2003
:cool:

I'm not sure if you are comparing your school to mine or not because you have so much going...elementary/high school and then coed and then all girls....mine again was the first high sschool for girls in the country, and yup I'm proud of it, and yes I still know my school song...you sang it so much while in school that there was no way you wouldn't still know it...he he he

I have real good friends that graduated from Hughes....be it in 97 and 98...

Overton High School
Memphis, TN
C/O 1992
(formerly the "Rebels" now the "Wolverines"! Thank u '92)

John Ehret HS
Marrero, LA
c/o 1991
Home of the Mighty Patriots

Notable Alums: Kordell Stewart, Reggie Wayne (that's all I know of...for now)

Did this before, but it's my Decade Class Reunion this year!

Como Park High School
Class of '98
Mascot - Cougar

I had a friend (initials J.N.) that graduated Whitney Young in either 94 or 95. She went to undergrad with me. ;)

I went to two hs:

09-10
Greater Boston Academy
Stoneham, MA

11-12
Maynard Evans HS
c/o 2003

Central High School
We were the warriors

So, I'm kinda young but mmm...
Gar-Field High School
Dale City, VA
C/O 2005

Class of 96'

Stevenson High School, BX, NYC

I was a tru blue wallflower!

Like DelicateRose, I went to more than one:

Half Hollow Hills High School East (long name, I know)
Dix Hills, NY

Farmingdale High
Farmingdale, NY

Walt Whitman High School
Huntington, NY

I miss my L.I. :-(

my Mom and her siblings went to Walt Whitman HS years ago...i miss LI, too. i always loved to visit:D

Class of 1998
West Side Senior High School
Gary, Indiana
Home of the Cougars - "Throwing up the W"
***I mentioned that to a Soror that recently graduated from my hold school and she says..."We dont do that anymore!" Showing my age. LOL

OO-OOP
DSQ Sorority, Inc.
#3 - Illusion
Spring 2001 - F.I.E.R.C.E. 9
Nu Eta Citywide Chapter - Gary, Indiana
Currently MAL