Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 and then died on November 14, 1915.He is best known as the founder of the Tuskegee Institute. He was born as a slave and had a early education. He was the first teacher and principal at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. It is a school which he created for black people to learn and change their lives around.
He wrote a book called Up From Slavery in 1901. He got comments from Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. His nickname is "The Great Accommodated". W.E.B. DuBois rejected Washington`s idea about only helping black people instead of whites and other people. Washington belived that black people can make more out of themselves if the just learn that was the main reason why he created the Institute. Also that African Americans should be working in farms anymore.
He wrote a book called Up From Slavery in 1901. He got comments from Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. His nickname is "The Great Accommodated". W.E.B. DuBois rejected Washington`s idea about only helping black people instead of whites and other people. Washington belived that black people can make more out of themselves if the just learn that was the main reason why he created the Institute. Also that African Americans should be working in farms anymore.
Rhoda, your last sentence does not make sense. What do you mean?
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