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Episodes tagged "Booker T. Washington": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Effectively Speaking: Booker T. Washington’s Speech at the “Atlanta Exposition”
    date September 15, 1895map MACON, Alabamatags Speeches, Principal, Cotton States, Black Americans, Exposition, Educational Tour, Tuskegee Normal and Indus, Atlanta Exposition, African-Americans, Booker T. Washington

    The time had come to deliver his speech. As principal of an all-Black school he realized the importance of conveying his message carefully at the opening of “the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition in Tuskegee, Alabama”. Standing in front of a large gathering the principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute understood his words had to be effective. He looked into a sea of anxious white...

  2. A Protest Against the Burning and Lynching of Negros by Booker T. Washington
    date February 29, 1904map Jefferson, Alabamatags Booker T. Washington, Lynching

    Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and political activist.  Although born a slave in 1856, he and his family were later emancipated but still lived in poverty.  Determined to get an education, Washington started work at the age of nine to put himself through school.  After his extensive education, Washington would later be chosen to be the first head of what is now Tuskegee University....