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U.S. Census Bureau Black History Month Daily Feature for Feb. 5: Booker T. Washington

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily Black History Month feature for Feb. 5 from the U.S. Census Bureau:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Profile America for this 5th day of Black History Month. One of the nation's foremost educators, Booker T. Washington, was born a slave in Virginia in 1856. His family was so poor after emancipation that he had to work in salt furnaces and coal mines by age 9. At 16, he walked 200 miles to attend school, paying his tuition and board by working as the janitor. His autobiography, Up From Slavery, recounts his successful ...

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