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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