Booker T. Washington immediately emerged as a candidate. As a former slave and influential member of the African-American community, Washington was nominated by supporters and eventually Franklin ...

Booker T. Washington was one of the most powerful African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century. Born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, the son of a white man who did not acknowledge him ...

Booker T. Washington, the First African American to Successfully Create a Tiny Home Community With His Techie Homes Company, Launches His Next Project Techie Homes Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 1:00 PM 2 min read ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s been 160 years since the Emancipation of Booker T. Washington; a Franklin County native born into slavery, who became a monumental figure in African American ...

Four students from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa won this year’s African American Heritage Bowl. Tulsa City County Library hosts the contest every year to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa ...

W.E.B. Du Bois, “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others,” in African–American Social & Political Thought, p. 513. [41] It is regrettable that the Library of America has not yet brought out a ...

In Teddy and Booker T., Brian Kilmeade tells the story of how two wildly different Americans faced the challenge of keeping America moving toward the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Booker T. Washington's impact on the African-American community was significant and will never be forgotten, according to Tyrene Wright, Ph.D. From developing ...

Booker T. Washington. Author Larry Rowe recounts Washington’s life in West Virginia and how this experience shaped him as a future leader in the African American community.

It is easy to envy Booker T. Washington. ... issued a special number on African and African-American literature, Washington earned but two ... and fill out the record of Washington’s achievement.