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  2. Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture of Booker T. Washington at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. 1951 Carver-Washington commemorative half dollar 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 ]

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. The Future of the American Negro - Wikipedia

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    As the book continues, Booker T. Washington writes that in order to understand the stress he applies to industrial education, the reader must "review the condition of affairs at the present time in the Southern States." He provides the information that the North and South are linked even though they were once at war.

  6. Talented tenth - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Emmett Jay Scott - Wikipedia

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    Emmett Jay Scott (February 13, 1873 – December 12, 1957) was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, academic, and government official who was Booker T. Washington's closest advisor at the Tuskegee Institute.

  8. 'He was a revolutionary': Knoxville celebrates the life of ...

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    The celebration of his life was held at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, a place deeply intertwined with Booker as a lifelong member and the profound impact he had on the community. Booker ...

  9. Booker T. Washington dinner at the White House - Wikipedia

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    Up from history: The life of Booker T. Washington Harvard University Press; pp 243–63. A major scholarly biography. Norrell, Robert J. (Spring 2009). "When Teddy Roosevelt Invited Booker T. Washington to Dine at the White House". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 63 (63). The JBHE Foundation: 70–74. JSTOR 40407606. Rose, Cynthia ...