It’s been more than 40 year since students last walked the halls of David T. Howard High School.
The school played a role in educating a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Atlanta’s former mayor, Maynard Jackson, and NBA Legend Walt Frazier permanently closed its doors in 1976.
Now, it’s getting a second chance to influence young minds in Atlanta. The city’s Board of Education approved Atlanta Public Schools’ plans to re-open the historic high school in Old Fourth Ward in the fall of 2020.
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