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  2. Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Booker T (wrestler) - Wikipedia

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    Booker T. Huffman Jr. (born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand. He is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW).

  4. Priscilla Coolidge - Wikipedia

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    Coolidge was born in Lafayette, Tennessee.Between 1969 and 1979, she was married to Booker T. Jones, who produced Coolidge's first solo album, 1970's Gypsy Queen. [2] Then the pair collaborated as a duo on three albums: 1971's Booker T. & Priscilla; 1972's Home Grown; and 1973's Chronicles, which included the song "Time", written by her sister Rita, which was allegedly "borrowed" by drummer ...

  5. File : Booker T. Washington by Francis Benjamin Johnston, c ...

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    File:Booker__T._Washington by Francis Benjamin Johnston, c. 1895 - Original.tif - Original (TIFF) Assessment This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.

  6. Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Wikipedia

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    Booker T. & the M.G.'s formed as the house band of Stax Records, providing backing music for numerous singers, including Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. [6] In summer 1962, 17-year-old keyboardist Booker T. Jones, 20-year-old guitarist Steve Cropper, and two seasoned players, bassist Lewie Steinberg and drummer Al Jackson Jr. (the latter making his debut with the company) were in the Memphis ...

  7. File:Booker T. & the M.G's 1967 press photo.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Descendants of Black icons gather at the White House in a ...

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    Morris is also a descendant of Booker T. Washington, he said, whose families were joined by marriage in the 1940s. Through the nonprofit he co-founded, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives ...

  9. William Monroe Trotter - Wikipedia

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    In the early months of 1905, Booker T. Washington sought to create an umbrella organization to represent all the major African-American leaders of the day. Du Bois and Grimké were the two most radical leaders invited to its early organizational meetings, but both eventually refused to ally with Washington, whom they saw as dominating the group ...