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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. 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 Voice of the Negro - Wikipedia

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    The "important" people within these discussions were W.E.B Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Theodore Roosevelt. However, the person with the most significant role in presenting the political movements and political commentary was Booker T. Washington. He became the "spokesman and leader" of the Black race with his Atlanta Exposition in 1895.

  5. Tuskegee & Its People - Wikipedia

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    Tuskegee & Its People is a 1905 book edited by American educator Booker T Washington.Its full title is Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements.It has been printed in various editions and is available for study online via Project Gutenberg.

  6. The Future of the American Negro - Wikipedia

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    It was a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama. In The Future of an American Negro, Booker writes that the university is, "placing men and women of intelligence, religion, modesty, conscience, and skill in every community in the South." Washington believes that Tuskegee University is providing the South with valuable members of ...

  7. National Negro Business League - Wikipedia

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    The National Negro Business League (NNBL) was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900 by Booker T. Washington. The effort was supported by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . [ citation needed ] The organization was formally incorporated in 1901 in New York , and established 320 chapters across the United States.

  8. 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.

  9. Character Building - Wikipedia

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    Character Building is a book published in Booker T. Washington. It is a collection of talks on self-development given to students and faculty at the Tuskegee Institute he was leading. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, published the 1902 edition. Phoenix Publications, New York, reissued the book in 2005. [1]