At Hampton, Washington studied academic subjects and agriculture, which included work in the fields and pigsties. He also learned lessons in personal cleanliness and good manners. His special interest was public speaking and debate. He was jubilant when he was chosen to speak at his commencement.

2024年12月18日 · Booker T. Washington, educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and the most influential spokesman for African Americans between 1895 and 1915.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.

3 天之前 · While Booker T. Washington was not born in Alabama, his legacy impacts students here every day.Born as a slave named Booker Taliaferro in 1856, he changed his name to Booker Washington when he entered school around the age of ten.At the age of 16, he went to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, where he focused on public speaking …

2009年10月29日 · Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (Now...

Booker T. Washington, born April 5, 1856, in Franklin County, Va., rose to national prominence following his challenge to the war ravaged South at the 1895 Atlanta Cotton Exposition. Dr. Washington was counsel to U.S. Presidents and instrumental in the development of American higher education.

2023年6月8日 · Booker T. Washington was a prominent African American educator, author, and leader who made significant contributions to the advancement of African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

2024年5月3日 · Booker T. Washington was an author, educator, orator, philanthropist, and, from 1895 until his death in 1915, the United States’ most famous African American. The tiny school he founded in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1881 is now Tuskegee University, an institution that currently enrolls more than 3,000 students.

2023年8月29日 · Booker T. Washington remained the most prominent spokesperson for the black community until his death on November 14, 1915, at age 59, likely from overwork and heart disease. Washington is buried on the campus of Tuskegee University, and his home, The Oaks, is part of the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site and is open to the public ...

2021年1月13日 · From a modest beginning in a one room shanty located near Butler’s Chapel AME Zion Church, Tuskegee University rose to national prominence under the leadership of its first president, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915).