CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — As we celebrate Black History Month, News 2’s Carolyn Murray takes a look at a remarkable story of a woman connected to her family history by a man whose ancestors owned the plantation some of the women’s family lived on. The woman, Thomalind Martin Polite, says her name combines the names […]
SOUTH CAROLINA AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CALENDAR: JANUARY HONOREE – ALLIE BROOKS
A native of the Florence area, Allie Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree and a Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army from South Carolina State University in 1968. Afterwards, he received a master’s degree in Education Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and Education Specialist Degree in 2014. He completed the Institute on the Principal and School Improvement in 1987 at Harvard University. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary degree from Francis Marion University. He serves on the Board of Trustees of McLeod Health.
He has served as president of the S.C. Association of Secondary School Principals (SCASSP), the 4-A Principals Conference, and the S.C. High School League. Brooks was named Outstanding Principal of the Year in 1986-87 and 2000 by the SCASSP.