Booker T Washington's Impact On Education

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shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor, and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life;( B.T.W Atlanta Speech)
Booker T Washington was born into slavery to his enslaved mother Jane in Virginia April 5 1856. In his youth Washington worked his way through Hampton University and attended college at Virginia Union. In 1881, he was named the first leader at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Washington was looked as a spokesperson for African American, he built trust within the community, ministers and businessman. Washington’s’ politics involved working with white people, taking their money to raise funds to build and operate many community schools and institutions of higher education throughout the