Washington, Booker T. (1856–1915)

Born into slavery at Hales Ford, Franklin County, near Roanoke, Virginia, on April 5, 1856, Booker Taliaferro Washington became the most influential Black in the United States in the late post-Civil War period. His practical focus on education and economic self-help ...

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