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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of the American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his experience of working to rise up from being enslaved as a child during the Civil War, the obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, and his work establishing vocational schools like the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help Black people and ...
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) ... Baker played a major role in organizing countless protests, but rarely received the same level of attention as the more charismatic male leaders of these ...
July 4 – Booker T. Washington opens the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. [citation needed] 1882. Lewis Latimer invented the first long-lasting filament for light bulbs and installed his lighting system in New York City, Philadelphia, and Canada. Later, he became one of the 28 members of Thomas Edison's Pioneers. [40]
First African American to be portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp: Booker T. Washington [157] First African-American flag officer: BG Benjamin O. Davis Sr., U.S. Army [158] [Note 9] First African American to earn a doctorate in library science: Eliza Atkins Gleason, from the University of Chicago [159]
The Atlanta Exposition Speech was an address on the topic of race relations given by African-American scholar Booker T. Washington on September 18, 1895. The speech, [ 1 ] presented before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition (the site of today's Piedmont Park ) in Atlanta , Georgia , has been ...
We must remember Booker T. Spicely’s sacrifice for freedom 80 years ago
Yahoo Sports had a chance to catch up with Booker T to discuss his legacy as one of the greatest Black professional wrestlers, his transition to WWE and one of the iconic moments of his career.