Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915) was an African American educator and author. He was born into slavery at the community of Hale's Ford in Franklin County, Virginia. After he and his mother were freed, as a young man he made his way east from West Virginia (where she had obtained work) to obtain schooling at Hampton in eastern Virginia at a school established to train teachers.

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April 5 - 1856 - November 15 - 1915 - African American - Educator - Author - Slavery - Franklin County, Virginia - West Virginia - Hampton - Virginia

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In his later years, Dr. Washington became a leading educator and was a prominent and popular spokesperson for African American citizens of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century. Although labeled by some activists as an "accommodator", his work cooperating with white people and enlisting the support of wealthy philanthropists helped raise funds to establish and operate dozens of small community schools and institutions of higher education for the betterment of black persons throughout the south.

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African American - United States - Philanthropist

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Within the context of the times he did much to improve the friendship and working relationship between the races.

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::I will let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

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::::::Booker T. Washington

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