Students

ID: 9 ~ Source: Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

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This 1916 photograph shows students gathering for an official function. Note the large number of students present and the variety of ages.

This file appears in: Samuel Walker Houston School

Samuel Walker Houston School

By Jeffrey L. Littlejohn

Samuel Walker Houston (1871?-1945) was the son of Joshua Houston and Sylvester Baker, two former African American slaves who worked for General Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas. During the 1880s and 1890s, he attended the nation's leading black…