https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb By: Andres Moreno en-us 2019-02-14 17:22:40 UTC 2026-03-20 18:11:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332759300 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.

]]> 2019-02-19 16:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332759300 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332760618 Date of Birth: April 5th, 1856
Death: November 14th, 1915
Birthplace: Hale’s Ford, Virginia

]]> 2019-02-19 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332760618 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332761110 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.

]]> 2019-02-19 16:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332761110 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332762061 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.]]> 2019-02-19 16:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332762061 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332762477 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.]]> 2019-02-19 16:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332762477 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332763409 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.

]]> 2019-02-19 16:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332763409 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332765215 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. 

]]> 2019-02-19 16:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332765215 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958294 2019-02-19 22:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958294 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958363 2019-02-19 22:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958363 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958483 2019-02-19 22:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332958483 andres_moreno1 https://padlet.com/andres_moreno1/qezak0hychcb/wish/332959126 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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