Everyday People: Phillis Wheatley High SchoolHonored With Bust
- By Staff Writer
- Published 11/25/2009
- Education
- Unrated
The Phillis Wheatley High School, class of 1948, President Oscar Moore, commissioned renowned artist Tony Sherman to sculpture a bust of Ms. Phillis Wheatley. This beautiful work of art will be on display at the school as a memorial to this great and legendary poet.
Wheatley was the first published African-American poet and first African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African-American literature.
The Class of 1948. Joy San Walker Brown, Emily Bryant, Jackie B. Carr, James Beth, Helen McKelvey Cotton, Mac Arthur Cowling, Father Milbrew Davis, Verline Thompson Edmonds, Thomas Earl “Bill” Edwards, Maxine Palmer Grace, Mamie Lois Greene, Dorothy Haynes Greer, Bettye Parrish Harris, Juanita Outley Harris, Newton Hinton, Delores Kelly Howell, Bertha Ann Ashley Jackson, Emma Hart Jackson, Jerome Johnson, Ramona C. Franklin McCain, Everett Mitchell, Oscar Moore, Valda June Sowells Morgan, Alfred O’Neil, Ira Poole, Clara Alonzo Ramsey, Mildred Owens Robinson, Harold Routt, Alamo & Shirley Ryan, Mandell Williams Sanders, Robert Tapscott, Lillie Williams Taylor, Luella Baker, Dorothy Walls Brandyburg, Jewel McGee Chavis, Anna Jewel Sanford Day, Samuel Goodwin, Shirley Goudeau, Verne King, John McGee, and Marva Scott. Wiley Johnson, principal and Lupita Hinojosa, executive principal.
Wheatley was the first published African-American poet and first African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African-American literature.
The Class of 1948. Joy San Walker Brown, Emily Bryant, Jackie B. Carr, James Beth, Helen McKelvey Cotton, Mac Arthur Cowling, Father Milbrew Davis, Verline Thompson Edmonds, Thomas Earl “Bill” Edwards, Maxine Palmer Grace, Mamie Lois Greene, Dorothy Haynes Greer, Bettye Parrish Harris, Juanita Outley Harris, Newton Hinton, Delores Kelly Howell, Bertha Ann Ashley Jackson, Emma Hart Jackson, Jerome Johnson, Ramona C. Franklin McCain, Everett Mitchell, Oscar Moore, Valda June Sowells Morgan, Alfred O’Neil, Ira Poole, Clara Alonzo Ramsey, Mildred Owens Robinson, Harold Routt, Alamo & Shirley Ryan, Mandell Williams Sanders, Robert Tapscott, Lillie Williams Taylor, Luella Baker, Dorothy Walls Brandyburg, Jewel McGee Chavis, Anna Jewel Sanford Day, Samuel Goodwin, Shirley Goudeau, Verne King, John McGee, and Marva Scott. Wiley Johnson, principal and Lupita Hinojosa, executive principal.