| Washington,Booker T. |
| Dates: 1856-1915 |
| Born in: Hales’s Ford, Virginia |
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Born as a slave
Graduate, Hampton Institute
1881-organized Tuskegee Institute—became leading spokesman for promotion of industrial education for blacks in south |
| Major Publications |
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The Future of the American Negro(1899)
Up From Slavery (1901)
The Education of the Negro(1904)
Tuskegee and its People(1905)
The Negro in Business(1907) |
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No major figure in African-American history has been subject to more interpretations and reinterpretations as Washington. Was he truly calling for the "Americanization" of southern blacks, or was his call for self-reliance in fact a pluralist view? For a contemporary view on Washington, see Kelly Miller
Radicals and Conservatives
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