Booker T. Washington died on November 14, 1915, of “elevated hypertension.” He had been in New York and, upon learning that he had little time left, was able to board a train to Tuskegee to ...

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery. As a small child, he would wish that he could go into the schoolhouse and learn to read. After enslaved people gained freedom, Booker's step-father ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, two such men were Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. ... "Learning from books in a schoolroom," his mother explained, "[is] forbidden to a Negro child." ...

Booker T Washington During the Civil War. Washington was a child when America erupted into Civil War. The Burroughs family's ...

Child Development When Teddy Roosevelt Met Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington’s childhood without play. Posted August 23, 2022 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan ...

Booker T. Washington’s visit to Coleman College in Gibsland, according to The Guardian-Journal, “was the first visit the famous (Black) reformer ever made to this section and his coming was a ...