Friday, January 16, 2015

This great man was born in Virginia............


Booker T. Washington
Booker T Washington retouched flattened-crop.jpg
BornBooker Taliaferro Washington
April 5, 1856
Hale's Ford, Virginia
United States of America
DiedNovember 14, 1915 (aged 59)
Tuskegee, Alabama
United States of America
Resting place
Tuskegee University
Alma materHampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Wayland Seminary
OccupationEducator, Author, and African American Civil Rights Leader
Opponent(s)W. E. B. Du Bois
Spouse(s)Fannie N. Smith
(1882–1884, her death)
Olivia A. Davidson
(1886–1889, her death)
Margaret James Murray
(1893–1915, his death)
ChildrenPortia M. Washington
Booker T. Washington Jr.
Ernest Davidson Washington
SignatureBooker T Washington Signature.svg

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