Booker T Washington High School - Hornet Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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0 American Socle 1 l S 1 i Denise Adams, Chuck Alexander, John Askew, Dinah Barrow, Angie Bass, Khrist Brown, Sharon Brown, Cythina Edwards, Michael Evans, Reggie Fields, Brenda Tracy Hatcher, Sheila Hawkins, Tarita Howard, Ivy Hughes, Lori Hurd, Sondia Jac Andrea Kidd, Sherry Laskey,Thelma Latimer, Tracy Lawson, Portia Lewis, Marci McConidchie, Derrick Minnter, Sonya Mitchell, Steven Morgan, Connie Morris, Karla Pete, Lisa Randolph, Morris Rentie, Myrna Robinson, Maurice Ross, Tracy Samilton, Renita Sandler, Rita Scott, Bonnie Stewart, Pearl Taylor, David Thomas Vann, Janet Watson, Billy Wiley, Belinda Williams, Machelle Young, Vicky Youn Many of our activities this year centered around singing. One of our top achievements was the re-establishment of the Gospel Choir as a club activity, and we sang at the Horace Mann Rehabilitation Center. We also made a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, and attended a Black Sunshine Group Seminar at the University of Oklahoma. And, of course, we were in charge of Black Heritage Week. Our multitudinous numbers showed that we were definitely a well-appreciated part of BTW. 38 'FAM ie Bell, Angela Bontemps, Konrad Broussard, Derrick orte, Michelle Gaines, Michelle Gibson, Arnetta son, Irma Jefferson, Beatrice Johnson, Bruce John Love, Jamie Martin, Melonie Mayes, Pam Mayes, aster Nathan, Esther Nathan, Missy Page, Jerome Ross, Ronnie Ross, Kim Rowe, Sheila Ruby, Clarissa ,Shelley Thomas, Bernard Tomlin, Keith Troupe, SO Q.

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I I I J ' f salind Barnes, Mark Barre, Agrafena Bass, Cheryl Bays, Eric Beckstrom, Rhonda Bell, Mark Bladn, Sadonna Blake, Angela Bontemps, ianne Brown, Jonathon Brown, Karen Brown, Flip Burrell, Latrice Carter, Maria Davis, lrene Drew, Gregorita Emerson, Freddy English, bbie Fletcher, Kevin Fuselier, Kevin Gibbs, Michelle Gibson, Tracy Gilstrap, Mitch Ginsburg, Debi Goodnight, Angie Gordon, Stacy mmond, Ftandy Hardy, Arnetta Harris, Kathy Hastings, Alisa Hill, Keenan Hogg, Deenie Howard, Doug Hunter, Lori Hurd, Bruce Johnson, bin Johnson, Angela Jones, Marcus Jones, Casey Jordan, Jim Kincaid, Suntha Kincy, Cheryl Kirk, Sherry Laskey, Tracy Lawson, Samette ack, Laura Mace, Johnny Makinson, Cynthia Mann, Tracy Martin, Kevin Matthews, Lisa McKay, Derrick Minter, Kelly Morgan, Shona-Miller, rla O'Brien, Jim Palmer, Sheryl Patrick, LaJuania Payne, Stephanie Pegues, Todd Pennington, Ann Peppito, Tori Prudhomme, Michelle een, Michael Robinson, Sheri Rogers, Donnie Ftoss, Kim Flowe, Sean Sebring, Gayle Sayles, Vonchelle Singleton, Liz Sipes, Ftalph oote, Bud Taddiken, Marjorie Thornton, Philippa Tibbs, Kim Tiger, Karen Tilken, William Tisdale, Hung Tran, Guy Troupe, Jay Viner, enda Wallace, Ftobin Washington, Donna West, Belinda Williams, Kyle Williams, Laurie Winslow, Andrea Wood, Julie Woodring, Kim ung, Vicki Young. i Since we're one of the few student-oriented organizations at BTW, we had a lot of responsibilities. We conducted the elections of class officers as well as the Miss Hornet election. We compiled and published Washington's student directors. We helped out two needy families by donating money and clothes. And with the money we made from pie sales, dances, working at Kip's and other activities, we bought benches for the halls, a hand-made school flag and an artificial holiday tree for the front foyer. We also wrote a biography of our school's past and mounted it beside Booker T. Washington's picture. Another project we worked on was the Mr. Macho contest held in late January. How were we able to do all these things this year? It took hard work, long hours, good organization and lots of dedicated people - something we were short of last year. Brenda Barre, our sponsor, helped this process by replacing members who didn't carry their weight and by encouraging us all to get involved. We had a good year and were happy with ourselves. We knew that ibarring disasteri we would always have our StuCo T-shirts as mementos, but we also realized that our accomplishments would be all that future classes would have as a reminder of our efforts. That's why we worked so hard to be an active group. 37

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0982! -KSRNA ftzsaxz 3 iii' 'WL f1!'!T , 'M ' 1 . H ,,4'A.f3fe, KJ! X 41' r. and Miss Black Heritage: Keith Troupe and Michelle Willis sf- aw F if 5 B. 13332162 Black Heritage Week As a whole, the purpose of Black Heritage week was to create an understanding of Blacks so that other cultures can more appreciate Blacks as people. Black Heritage Week was held February 9-13. The theme this year was the contributions Blacks have made to America in this century. Uptown at the Apollo was the assembly presentation for Monday. From the 1920's to 195O's, many unknown Black musicians could get their first chance at success on amateur night at the Apollo Music Hall in Harlem. lf they won the weekly contest three times in a row, they were booked for a week of regular shows with full pay. The Apollo represented an important step upward for aspiring Blacks. Throughout the assembly, students performed music by people such as John Coltrane and Dinah Washington while the audience watched slides of prominent Black leaders and scholars. BTW artists displayed African masks and Black oriented paintings in the library on Thursday. On Friday, the Afro-American Society named Keith Troupe and Michelle Willis as Mr. and Miss Black Heritage. Don Floss, a Black Tulsa journalist, spoke on the purpose of Black Heritage Week.