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Who Was Booker T. Washington?

 Series: Who Was?  Author: James Buckley Jr.  Category: Activism and Social Justice, Biographies and Non-Fiction, Black History, Civil Rights, Elementary School, Politics and Government, Prejudice and Racism, Slavery, Upper Elementary, Writing and Literature  Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group  Country: United States  Language: English  Reading Age: Elementary School, Upper Elementary  Illustrator: Jake Murray More Details  Amazon  Bookshop org
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Learn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century.

African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly challenge the Jim Crow segregation.

After hearing the Emancipation Proclamation and realizing he was free, young Booker decided to make learning his life. He taught himself to read and write, pursued a formal education, and went on to found the Tuskegee Institute–a black school in Alabama–with the goal of building the community’s economic strength and pride. The institute still exists and is home to famous alumni like scientist George Washington Carver.

Who Was Booker T. Washington?
Written by James Buckley Jr. and Who HQ
Illustrated by Jake Murray

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