- “The desire of all young people to express themselves”: A Book of VerseAn Insight to Youth “This little book of poetry aims at nothing but to give to its limited number of readers a glimpse of a new phase of the development of the High School students of today.” So begins the preface of A Book of Verse, a collection of poems written … Continue reading
- “This is the House, and the House Won’t Lose!” : Elizabeth Carpenter and Her Time at Westinghouse.Life in Homewood Elizabeth Carpenter was born in 1919 in Pittsburgh and grew up in Homewood on Murtland Avenue. Ms. Carpenter was homeschooled until the sixth grade. From seventh grade on she would attend Westinghouse High school. She would go on to graduate as a member of the class of … Continue reading
- “Robbed of the Valediction”: Fannetta Nelson Gordon and the Valedictorian of 1936Denial 1934. Sophia Phillips Nelson graduates at the top of her class — the first Black valedictorian from Westinghouse High School. 1936. Nelson’s sister, Fannetta Nelson Gordon — a gifted student, scholar, and musician — was poised to be the second. The principal had other plans. “He said, after me … Continue reading
