BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Born in Virginia in 1856. Put himself through school.
Founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama.

Washington clashed with intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois over the best avenues for racial uplift.

WHAT HE WANTED

STUFF HE DID

• Founder of Tuskegee Institute
• Founder of the National Negro Business league
• First black man to dine in the White House
• Left a legacy
• Change our lives forever

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.booker-t-washington.com
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_booker.html
• http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663#
• Institutetuskegee-normal-and-industrial-inst