Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential Black leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are a few facts about this innovative educator.

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.

The Booker T. Washington boys soccer team recently visited a city some 4,500 miles away in a different continent. ... It was fun. ” The lack of ... “You see kids that don’t have shoes on ...