Description: 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. Clipped Signature, on a small slip of paper, measuring approximately 1 x 4 .75 inches. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale'sFord, Virginia, Washington was freed when U.S. troops reached the area during the Civil War. As a young man, Booker T. Washington worked his way through Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and attended college at Wayland Seminary. In 1881, he was named as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, an institute for black higher education. He expanded the college, enlisting students in construction of buildings. Work at the college was considered fundamental to students' larger education. He attained national prominence for his Atlanta Address of 1895, which attracted the attention of politicians and the public. Washington played a dominant role in black politics, winning wide support in the black community of the South and among more liberal whites. Washington wrote an autobiography, Up from Slavery, in1901, which became a major text. In that year, he dined with Theodore Rooseveltat the White House, which was the first time a black person publicly met the president on equal terms. After an illness, he died in Tuskegee, Alabama on November 14, 1915.
Price: 195 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2025-01-12T21:28:27.000Z
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Signed by: Booker T. Washington
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