Booker T. Washington's Death Revisited

Content courtesy of

From: AP Online
Date: 20060506
Author:ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press Writer

ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-06-2006
Dateline: BALTIMORE


Wax figures of famous African American educators George Washington Carver, left, Booker T. Washington and Mary McLeod Bethune are shown in a display at The Great Blacks In Wax Museum in Baltimore, Md., int this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Dorgan-Ross)

Booker T. Washington died of high blood pressure, a review of his medical records has determined, erasing a cloud over the civil rights leader's death left by one of his doctors more than 90 years ago.

The doctor wrote in 1915 that Washington ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.



Other Articles on Booker T. Washington

  • Booker T. Washington
  • Booker T. Washington's Visit to Inland Empire Remembered
  • Happy birthday Booker T. Washington
  • RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Attends Sesquicentennial Celebration of Booker T. Washington
  • Booker T Washington
  • Booker T. Washington: Never to be forgotten
  • Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up From Slavery 100 Years Later
  • WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. (1856-1915)
  • Booker T. Washington National Monument
  • Booker T. Washington holds groundbreaking ceremony
  • Find More Articles

  • About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.



    - 1P1-123092941
    Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily
    In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time.
    Email:
    Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter
    Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.
    Email: