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| − | '''Booker T. Washington'''(1856-1915) was a visionary, educator, and leader of the post-Civil War African-American community. | + | '''Booker T. Washington''' (1856-1915) was a visionary, educator, and leader of the post-Civil War African-American community. |
| − | Born into slavery, Washington grew up without an education because it was illegal for slaves to learn how to read. <ref>http://www.ushistory.net/toc/washington.html</ref> After the Civil War, he began to attend school, and worked as a janitor at the Hampton Institute in order to pay for his education. He later became an instructor at this school, and in 1891, founded the [[Tuskegee Institute]] for blacks. <ref>http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html</ref> In 1895, he gave the famous Atlanta Compromise speech in which he simultaneously exhorted African Americans to work and white employers to hire them. | + | Born into slavery, Washington grew up without an education because it was illegal for slaves to learn how to read.<ref>http://www.ushistory.net/toc/washington.html</ref> After the [[Civil War]], he began to attend school, and worked as a janitor at the [[Hampton Institute]] in order to pay for his education. He later became an instructor at this school, and in 1891, founded the [[Tuskegee Institute]] for blacks.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html</ref> In 1895, he gave the famous Atlanta Compromise speech in which he simultaneously exhorted African Americans to work and white employers to hire them. |
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Revision as of 20:21, May 17, 2007
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was a visionary, educator, and leader of the post-Civil War African-American community.
Born into slavery, Washington grew up without an education because it was illegal for slaves to learn how to read.[1] After the Civil War, he began to attend school, and worked as a janitor at the Hampton Institute in order to pay for his education. He later became an instructor at this school, and in 1891, founded the Tuskegee Institute for blacks.[2] In 1895, he gave the famous Atlanta Compromise speech in which he simultaneously exhorted African Americans to work and white employers to hire them.