Booker T. Washington

• Born in Hale’s Ford Virginia, 1856

• Born into slavery

• Had a white father whom he knew little about

• His family gained freedom in 1865 as the Civil War ended

• Worked in Salt Furnaces and Coal Mines early in life

• Attended Hampton Institute, established to educate freedmen

• Then attended Wayland Seminary to complete preparation as an instructor

• In 1881, became the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, the new teachers college in

Alabama for the rest of his life and career (Tuskegee University Now)

Booker T. Washington’s house at Tuskegee University

• Educator

• Author

• African American Civil Rights Leader

• Died 1915, at the age of 59

• Booker T. Washington 1856-1915

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• The Atlanta Exposition Address 1895 Atlanta, Georgia

Grover Cleveland

• Interview

22nd and 24th President of the United States

• March 4, 1885-1889

• March 4, 1893-1897