Read full article: 160 years since Booker T. Washington’s emancipation honored in Franklin County this weekend This weekend, a historic milestone is being honored in Franklin County. The Booker ...

Juneteenth events at Booker T. Washington National Monument detail the life of the famous author and orator who was freed in Franklin County after being enslaved the first nine years of his life.

Booker T. Washington had a busy schedule when he visited Riverside on March 22, 1914. ... Washington spoke in the Mission Inn ...

Read full article: City of Roanoke, Friends of Washington Park celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Booker T. Washington Park Mayor Joe Cobb also made a proclamation declaring July 5, 2025 as ...

Booker T. Washington, left, was taken to the top of Mount Rubidoux by Mission Inn owner Frank Miller, right, when the educator and former slave visited Riverside on March 22, 1914.