BP#7 Maria Vera

Booker T. Washington BIOGRAPHY He was born in April 5, 1856 in Franklyn County,Va United State and died November 14, 1915(59 years), Fuskegee,Ala. He was an American educator, author and political leader, he was dominan figurative in the African American community in United State(1890-1915). He was representative of the last generation of block leader born in slavery, he spoke and behalf of blocks living in the south. He was the first president and principal developer of Tuskegee normal and Industrial Intitute. " No race can posper till learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as an writing a poem". When he had 9 years he began working first in a salt furnace and later in a cool mine. Determinate to get an education, he enrolled at the Hampton Normal and Agriculture Institute in Virginia(1872), he graduated in 1875and returned to Maldem where for 2 years, he thought children in a day school and adults at night. In 1881 Washington was selected to head a newly established normal school for blocks at Tuskegee,an institution with two small converted building no equipement,and little money. Most black felt comfortable with Washington's approach however, and his influence a many whites was such that became an unofficial arbiter determining which block individuals and institution were deemed worthy to benefit from government potranage and white philonthropic support. He went an to receive honorary degrees from Harvard University(1896) and Dartmouth College(1901). Among his dozen books is his autobiography, up from slavery translated into many language.