Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was the most famous African American of his time. He was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, originallycalled the Tuskegee Normal School for Coloured Teachers, in which students were trainedin industrial skills, morals, and religious life as well as in academics. He became a sought-after lecturer and was the dominant black leader from around 1890 until his death in 1915.
Born into slavery, Washington was emancipated as a boy at the end of the Civil War. He spent much...
