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Booker T Washington Research Paper

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Booker T. Washington By: Ethan Tran #530 Booker was , arguably, the most famous and important black civil rights leader in history. He was born into slavery on April 5th, 1856.He had a mother named Jane and a step-father named Washington. He also had a brother and a sister. Booker was very determined to learn. He had to walk an incredible 500 miles just to go to college! To pay his debts, he worked as a janitor. Booker was hired to make the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Basically, he had to make it out of nothing, but he managed to make the Tuskegee Institute. He also taught at the Hampton University. Even though Booker went to school, he urged blacks to get economically advanced. He wanted blacks to work, get money, and
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