Booker T. Washington by Sydney
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Booker T. Washington
By:Sydney
Booker's early life• Booker Taliafro Washington was born April 5, 1856.
• His mother was Jane Furguson.
• He was one of the last generation of African Americans to be born into slavery.
• He was born on a small tobacco plantation in Franklin County.
• He and 6 other slaves (including his mother and siblings) lived and worked there.
• In the civil war slavery was ended and Booker got more rights.
• This let him be able to go to school even though he was not aloud by his father.
• (biography.com)
School life
• In 1872 at the age of about 16, Booker walked 500 miles to a school for "black men".
• He often took odd jobs to support himself on the way.
• When he was younger,and had to work in a coal mine. Whenever he got a chance,Booker would take out a book and read.
• When Booker was a slave,he would get up at 4:00 am. and study.
• Not very many slaves at his age were educated at all.
• (biography.com)
Later in life
• Booker went to Hampton Universty and Graduated the college in 1875
• Booker Taliafro Washington opened now known as Tuskegee University
• He sometimes taught his old grade school in Virginia
• (biography.com)
His death and legacy
• Booker T. Washington may have been the most celebrated African American in the world at that point of time.
• He died November 14,1915 at the age of 59.
• He was buried at Tuskegee University
• (biography.com)
Why I chose him
• I chose Booker T. Washington because he was inspiring me to accomplish the impossible.
Resorces
• biography.com
• factmonster.com
• A video on biography.com
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