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Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, orator, author and the dominant leader of the nation's African-American community from the 1890s to his deat...
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The Official Booker T. Washington National Monument Home Page ... WELCOME to the; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT; HOME PAGE ... Booker T. Washington; Learn more about Booker T. Washington's life story.
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Biographical sketch from National Park Service. ... Booker T. Washington recalled his childhood in his autobiography, Up From Slavery. He was born in 1856 on the Burroughs tobacco farm which, despite its small size, he always referred to as a "plantation." His mother was a cook, his father a white man from a nearby farm.
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The 1870s to the start of World War I, the period when African American educator Booker T. Washington was gaining prominence, was also a difficult time for African Americans. The vote proved elusive and civil rights began to vanish through court action.
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For decades, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was the major African-American spokesman in the eyes of white America. Born a slave in Virginia, Washington was educated at Hampton Institute, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Born a slave and deprived of any early education, Booker Taliaferro Washington nonetheless became America's foremost black educator of the early 20th century. He was the first teacher and principal ... Booker T. Washington appears with tennis star Althea Gibson in our loop on Black History...
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