Booker T Washington's Impact On Education

During the course of Booker T. Washington's rigorous lifetime, the ultimate goal of being the change in the education system of all slaves and pursuing aid for the time of hardships that blacks faced in that time of society was what he longed for. This process wasn't easy as along the journey starting from a slave and the change to becoming a freeman was finding ways to not only honor his people but to prove the impact and hard work they can put in to become successful individuals on their own. Booker T. Washington paved the way for African American people, as an instructor and a childhood through slavery that through resilience, they will achieve. From his tragic childhood, born into slavery on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia, was

Respect and loyalty were what he believed was right since he was a young boy. During the time of slavery, Booker had respect for his former masters which is not a common occurrence. As the time came for the slaves to redeem their freedom, there was a sense of absence and pity for their slave masters. Later in Booker's life, He develops a new opinion on the relationship between whites and blacks. Booker had come across the path of backward striving for better in this country, with the “Ku Klux Klan”, a series of men joining together to limit the rights of colored people including participating in politics at its uprising in Maiden. An open battle had taken place where Booker’s friends had participated in defending the colored people, which ended in General Ruffner being severely injured. This showed to Booker that the improvement from both races had lacked and had shied away from the idea of peace for one another. However, later on during his early years working for Tuskegee, he finds his school making a large impact on the community around him. Whites recognize Booker at a train station and then invite him to eat. He is surprised to have received this kind of support about how well his school was doing from the whites to a person like him. Given this opportunity, Booker was able to give his known Atlanta speech on September 18, 1895, at the International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. He prioritizes his speech on the equality of African American people. He shared his belief of how he taught the way of growth from slavery through industrial and agricultural skills, highlighting the importance of education. Booker's message shared that no matter how little they know and how inexperienced they are, hard work and determination will bring them up from where they started. He wanted the world to know that his people were not going to give up until they got what they deserved, equality