Emma E. Booker

Emma E. Booker
Born
Emma Edwina Booker

1889
Live Oak, Florida, U.S
DiedMay 16, 1939 (aged 51)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S
Resting place
Lincoln Cemetery, Gulfport, Florida
OccupationEducator
Years active1914−1939

Emma Edwina Booker (1889 − May 16, 1939) was an African-American educator.

Booker was born in Live Oak, Florida in 1889. She moved to Sarasota, and began teaching in 1914.[1][2][3] She began teaching at the Sarasota Grammar School, where she became the principal in 1923. During her time as principal, she raised funds for facilities, and helped expand the schools curriculum.[4] Booker graduated with her diploma in 1935, and died in May 1939, at the age of 51.[5] She was later buried at the Lincoln Cemetery in Gulfport.[6]

References

  1. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin M. (2007). African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 978-1-56164-385-1.
  2. ↑ Writer, Staff. "Teacher persisted to educate blacks". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  3. ↑ Lahurd, Jeff (April 16, 2014). "Emma Booker". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Emma E. Booker Taught Generations and Transformed Black Education in Sarasota". Sarasota Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Booker Schools". Sarasota History Alive!. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  6. ↑ Djinis, Elizabeth. "Booker staff, students team up to clean Emma E. Booker's gravesite". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
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