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An accommodator or freedom rider: Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

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From: The New Crisis
Date: 19990101
Author:Anonymous

For decades, Booker T. Washington was the major African -American spokesman in the eyes of white America. Born a slave in Virginia, Washington was educated at Hampton Institute, Norfolk, Virginia. He began to work at the Tuskegee Institute in 1881 and built it into a center of learning and industrial and agricultural training.

A handsome man and a forceful speaker, Washington was skilled at politics. Powerful and influential in both the black and white communities, Washington was a confidential advisor to presidents. For years, presidential political appointments of African-Americans were ...

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