Faculty (early 1900s)

ID: 560 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Some of the first teachers at A. J. Moore High School stand in front of the school. The impact these teachers had upon their students and the community was so great that four schools in Waco were named after several of these faculty members.

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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…