Booker t washington

Booker T. Washington

By AGED 3033

  • Birth

  • Began School at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

    Was only 16 years old

  • Graduates Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

    Graduated with honors

  • Attended Wayland Seminary

  • Chose Not to Follow Ministry

  • Invited Back to the Hampton Institute

    Taught night classes and watched over the dormitory for Indian boys

  • Moved to Tuskegee to help build a new Negro school

    he convinced the people wanting to build the school to choose him to be principal and run the school when they asked him to recommend a white man to be principal over the school

  • Formed Tuskegee Negro Conferences

    sought solutions for impoverished black farmers through crop diversity and education

  • Helped form The National Negro Business League

    gave encouragement to black enterprises and publicized their successes

  • Death

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