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MACON, Alabama in the 1880s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Tuskegee Institute Founded
    date July 4, 1881map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education, Race-Relations

    On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee University, a school created to provide blacks with both a moral and an industrial education. Washington advocated an emphasis on economic self-reliance for blacks, rather than an emphasis on political and social advancement, and he recruited renowned teachers, such as George Washington Carver, to train his university students in domestic, agricultural,...

  2. INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1881:The Founding of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
    date July 4, 1881map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education, Government, Race-Relations

    On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington helped Lewis Adams, a former slave, make his dream a reality. The founding of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute ushered in a new era for African American education in Alabama and the nation. Booker T. Washington began his career the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, under General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. Washington's keen mind and brilliant thoughts...

  3. Uplifting Community at the Tuskegee Institute
    date June 5, 1887map MACON, Alabamatags African-Americans, Education, Politics, Race-Relations

    Six years after its foundation in 1881, The New York Times reported on the success of the Tuskegee Institution live from Tuskegee, Alabama. The Tuskegee Institution invited the black community to witness what work the school has turned out, how that work is accomplished, and what is the character of the general population in which the raw material comes. Gathered in the hall were, perhaps a thousand...