Booker T. Washington was an African-American civil rights activist that established Tuskegee University. Booker T. Washington was born a slave and at the age of nine he was freed, thanks to the emancipation that was passed. Washington always wanted to have a good education and eventually be economically successful because most African-Americans didn’t have those privileges. As a result of this Washington worked very hard as a janitor and a teacher of an elementary school to gain his wealth, so he could eventually lead a university. In America, at the time when Washington was “building” his university, former slaves couldn’t get successful because white people didn’t want African-Americans to be better than them and/or that white people were more wealthy from birth; therefore, they were more qualified for a certain job. Washington believed he could help former slaves to have an education and be accepted in society, especially on the economic scale by creating a University and making a statement.
Tuskegee University was commenced in Virginia, 1881 that eventually became a
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As Washington was teaching black people on how to be trusted and thoroughly be apart of society, he changed some parts of how white people looked at African-Americans. Society was changed because most white people Virginia and other northern states saw that former slaves could actually be apart of society. The culture of American was also changed because schools started to form together and businesses started to allow white and colored people to work together and actively function together. America was lastly changed in the government from washington’s movements and school. Washington really fought for judges to treat colored people equally with white people. Some judges actually changed their way with Washington’s speeches in Atlanta, with Washington’s writing, speaking to the president on the issue, and with his movement in his school