Coordinates: 27°21′36″N 82°31′23″W / 27.359862°N 82.523139°W / 27.359862; -82.523139 Emma E. Booker Elementary School is an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida which opened in the fall of 1989. It is named for Emma E. Booker, an African-American educator who founded the first black school in Sarasota County, Florida.
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