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From: Tri-State Defender
Date: 20000412
Author:Larsha, William

Larsha, William
Tri-State Defender
04-12-2000
Happy birthday Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 in Hale's Ford, Va.. Before
his death in 1915, Washington became the most important African American of
his day. He was truly internationally acclaimed during his lifetime. The
question here is, "were Booker T. alive today, in what way in his year,
1899, would he respond to issues of our year, 2000? Washington was one of
the great African-Americans persons who spend a near lifetime trying to
sell to the masses of Blacks a plan to extricate them from their American
...

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