Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington was a prominent African American educator, author, and leader who advocated for vocational training and economic self-reliance as the path to Black advancement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf African American leader
author
educator
human
orator
associatedWith Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
burialPlace Tuskegee University Campus, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
linked to: Tuskegee University
causeOfDeath hypertension
countryOfBirth United States of America
dateFounded 1895-07-18
dateOfBirth 1856-04-05
dateOfDeath 1915-11-14
earlyLifeStatus born into slavery
educatedAt Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
employer Tuskegee Institute
linked to: Tuskegee University
era Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws

Reconstruction era
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork African American civil rights
education
race relations
vocational training
founded National Negro Business League
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
linked to: Tuskegee University
fullName Booker Taliaferro Washington
givenName Booker
honor Booker T. Washington National Monument
influenced African American educational institutions in the United States
influencedBy Hampton-Tuskegee model of industrial education
knownFor Atlanta Compromise speech
advocacy of vocational education for African Americans
promoting economic self-reliance for Black Americans
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
middleName Taliaferro
movement African American self-help movement
accommodationism
notableIdea Atlanta Compromise
notableWork Character Building
The Future of the American Negro
Up from Slavery
occupation author
college administrator
educator
public speaker
placeOfBirth Hale's Ford, Franklin County, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
politicalActivity advised U.S. presidents on African American issues
positionHeld Leader of the Tuskegee Institute
Principal of Tuskegee Institute
religion Christianity
residence Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Fannie N. Smith
Margaret James Murray
Olivia A. Davidson
studentOf Samuel C. Armstrong
subjectOf Booker T. Washington National Monument (U.S. National Park Service site)

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Progressive Era significantFigure Booker T. Washington
Washington hasNotableBearer Booker T. Washington
The Youth's Companion hadContributor Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee, Alabama hasNotablePerson Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee University foundedBy Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee University hasNotableLeader Booker T. Washington
African-American history hasKeyFigure Booker T. Washington
Julius Rosenwald collaboratedWith Booker T. Washington
Mound Bayou, Mississippi associatedWith Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington fullName Booker Taliaferro Washington
linked to: Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts namedAfter Booker T. Washington
subject linked to: Booker T. Washington HSPVA
Ragtime featuresHistoricalCharacter Booker T. Washington
Hampton University hasNotableAlumni Booker T. Washington
Atlanta Compromise hasAuthor Booker T. Washington
subject linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
Atlanta Compromise hasMainProponent Booker T. Washington
subject linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
Hampton, Virginia hasNotablePerson Booker T. Washington (educated at Hampton Institute)
linked to: Booker T. Washington
Robert Russa Moton succeeded Booker T. Washington
Robert Russa Moton influencedBy Booker T. Washington
Henry H. Rogers philanthropicSupport Booker T. Washington
A. G. Gaston influencedBy Booker T. Washington