The mural is a depiction of the eye of Booker T. Washington High School. It represents the life of the building through my eyes. This amazing place is in its dying days. It will soon be consumed by giant wrecking balls and will be reduced to a pile of bricks and wood. The only thing that will be left of Booker T., will be the countless memories that its former students and teachers hold. This video is a testament to the life of an important piece of New Orleans’ history, a history that needs to live on long after Booker T. is gone.
Gashaw Tahir, an American citizen, returned to his birth country of Ethiopia to find the green hills that surrounded his home eroded and ruined due to deforestation. So he decided to do something extraordinary: Plant one million trees.
