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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.
Booker T. Washington Magnet High School (1996–2018) In 1996, a federal grant enabled the school to become its own designated magnet school (rather than a day program) housed on the campus of the old Booker T. Washington School; it was at this time that the arts magnet program adopted the name Booker T. Washington Magnet High School.
The Booker T. Washington High School of Health Science and Nutrition (BTWHSN) provides an interdisciplinary curriculum with a health care and nutrition concentration through in-depth investigation, hands-on discovery, experimentation, and inquiry-based learning.
The talented tenth is a term that designated a leadership class of African Americans in the early 20th century. Although the term was created by white Northern philanthropists, it is primarily associated with W. E. B. Du Bois, who used it as the title of an influential essay, published in 1903.
Booker T. Washington High School is currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which is recognized as a regional accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education. Booker T. Washington first gained accreditation in 1961 and will be up for renewal in 2019. [15]
[7] Jeanes asked Washington to help her set up a foundation for this purpose. [5] [8] Washington helped create a board of trustees for the program and Jeanes endowed the organization with $1,000,000 to create the Jeanes Foundation, also known as the Negro Rural School Fund or sometimes just Jeanes Fund which was incorporated on November 20, 1907.
Booker T. Washington High School refers to many schools in the United States named after the African-American education pioneer Booker T. Washington:
Curriculum was designed according to the educational philosophies of Samuel C. Armstrong and Booker T. Washington. It provided training for black students in a range of trades based on the belief that "all forms of labor, whether with head or hand are honorable." Twenty-four instructors constituted the original teaching corps.