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Booker T Washington Book Report

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Booker T. Washington was born a slave, he rose to become a leading African American educator and leader. He headed the Tuskegee Insititute and made many speaking tours in the North to gain support for black causes. His autobiography, up from slavery, an international best-seller. Washington toured Europe capitals, and after the death of Frederick Douglass, he became the most well known black figure in America. Washington became the first African American to be invited by the President to visit the White House he advised president Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft on racial issues. Washington first received national attention and national criticism after he addressed the 1895 Altana exposition his speech was later denounced as the "Atlanta
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