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  2. Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia

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    Booker T. Washington was so acclaimed as a public leader that the period of his activity, from 1880 to 1915, has been called the Age of Booker T. Washington. [58] Historiography on Washington, his character, and the value of that leadership has varied dramatically.

  3. Atlanta Exposition Speech - Wikipedia

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    Booker T. Washington giving "Atlanta Compromise" speech Photograph of Booker T. Washington by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1895The Atlanta Exposition Speech was an address on the topic of race relations given by African-American scholar Booker T. Washington on September 18, 1895.

  4. Atlanta Compromise - Wikipedia

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    What came to be known as the Atlanta Compromise stemmed from a speech given by Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 18, 1895. [1] [2] [3] It was first supported [4] and later opposed by W. E. B. Du Bois [5] and other African-American leaders.

  5. Up from Slavery - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Booker T. Washington National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Booker T. Washington National Monument is a National Monument near the community of Hardy, Virginia, and is located entirely in rural Franklin County, Virginia. [4] It preserves portions of the 207-acre (0.90 km 2 ) tobacco farm on which educator and leader Booker T. Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856.

  7. The Negro Problem (book) - Wikipedia

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    The Negro Problem is a collection of seven essays by prominent Black American writers, such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Laurence Dunbar, edited by Booker T. Washington, and published in 1903. It covers law, education, disenfranchisement, and Black Americans' place in American society.

  8. 1906 Atlanta race massacre - Wikipedia

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    Many African Americans rejected the accommodationist position of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute, believing that they had to be more forceful about protecting their communities and advancing their race. Some black Americans modified their opinions on the necessity of armed self-defense, even as many issued explicit warnings about the ...

  9. Category:Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Booker T. Washington" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

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