J-Moore

ID: 2337 ~ Source: Wilburn, Curtis, intervewed by James SoRelle and Bettie Beard, August 15, 1985, in Waco, Texas, Baylor Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview (Interview 4).
This file appears in: A. J. Moore High School

Curtis Wilburn explains why Jefferson-Moore was shortened to J-Moore among students and teachers.

This file appears in: A. J. Moore High School

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…