The Great Teachers of A.J. Moore in the 1960s

ID: 1336 ~ Source: Flowers, Phyllus, interviewed by Aaron Ward, April 3, 2003, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Phyllus Flowers passionately tells about how encouraging her teachers were at A.J. Moore High School in the 1960s.

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By Amanda Sawyer
In 1875, Professor Alexander James Moore of Paul Quinn College, concerned at the lack of quality education for African American children in Waco, began teaching small groups of young children out of his home. Though Reconstruction Legislature of…