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In 1881, Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which grew immensely and focused on training African Americans in agricultural

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Booker T. Washington's parents were Washington Ferguson , & Jane Ferguson. He had 2 siblings, his brother John and his sister Amanda. Booker T. Washington's wife(s) were Margaret Murray Washington,Fannie Smith Washington, & Olivia A. Davidson.

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Booker Taliaferro Washington, a leader, an educator and most of all a hero. There are some many character traits that are tied him to: Loyalty, honesty, intelligence, caring. He really was a great man, helping with the civil rights movement.

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Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He helped a lot with the civil rights movement. He also founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University.

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Du Bois criticized Washington for not demanding equality for African Americans, as granted by the 14th Amendment, and subsequently became an advocate for full and equal rights in every realm of a person's life.Though Washington had done much to help advance many African Americans, there was some truth in the criticism.

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Washington left home and walked 500 miles to Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia. For a time, he taught at his old grade school in Malden, Virginia, and attended Wayland Seminary in Washington, D.C. In 1879, he was chosen to speak at Hampton's graduation ceremonies, where afterward General Armstrong offered Washington a job teaching at Hampton. Classes were first held in an old church, while Washington traveled all over the countryside promoting the school and raising money.

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Born to a slave on April 5, 1856, Booker Taliaferro Washington's life had little promise early on. In Franklin County, Virginia, as in most states prior to the Civil War, the child of a slave became a slave. Booker's mother, Jane, worked as a cook for plantation owner James Burroughs.

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Date of Birth: April 5th, 1856
Death: November 14th, 1915
Birthplace: Hale’s Ford, Virginia

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Booker T. Washington was an important African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. The Institutes he founded grew tremendously. They focused on training African Americans in agricultural pursuits.