Great Lives Series: Booker T. Washington

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 10:43 | Virginia Johnson
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Born a slave in Franklin County, Virginia, Booker T. (Taliaferro) Washington went on to become a nationally-known leader and educator. He shared his educational philosophy with U.S. presidents and served as the first president of Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University.
You can learn more about this extraordinary man at a lecture to be given by Robert J. Norrell, author of Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington on Thursday, February 4, 2010, at Dodd Auditorium, University of Mary Washington. This free event is open to the public and part of the University's Great Lives lecture series. Those wishing to read more about Dr. Washington can check these materials from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

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I have ever since Jr. High School thought that there were two black men early in American history that other black children should look up to as far as their achomplishments in life. Mr. Washington and Mr. Douglass I believe have done alot more as men than Malcom X or Martin Luther King ever did. The problem is that American history was never taught back in the 60's nor is it being taught today. To learn how these men Washington and Douglass you had to do it on your own by reading books and I do mean books more than one. I'm so glad to see this article written. If we are truly going to have a black history month lets learn about the men from this era of time. They paved the road for all the black men and women that followed in America. Thank you for allowing me to contribute.
Submitted by Visitor on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 21:16.