Booker T Washington's Major Accomplishments

As one of the most prominent black men U.S. history, Booker T. Washington was one of the leading influences in ideology of Invisible Man.

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery to Jane Washington on the plantation of James Burroughs in southwest Virginia. For his entire life he did not know his father, who was rumored to be a white man who lived in the surrounding plantations. While thinking of his later achievements and esoteric philosophical status, it may be surprising to see how he recalls his early childhood

“I cannot recall a single instance during my childhood or early boyhood when our entire family sat down to the table together, and God's blessing was asked, and the family ate a meal in a civilized manner. On the

It was founded in 1868 by General Samuel Armstrong and other black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the Civil War to provide education for freed slaves. At the age of sixteen, Washington attended the school, which was focused mainly on teaching recently freed southern blacks the moral training, practical and industrial skills needed to be valuable in society. Washington's admittance examination was to clean a room. The proctor inspected the room with a white handkerchief, at the end of the inspection the handkerchief was still white. Washington was admitted. He was hired as an on grounds janitor to pay for his living expenses. According to The Tuskegee Institute’s Website, “ Washington studied academic subjects and agriculture, which included work in the fields and pigsties. He also learned lessons in personal cleanliness and good manners. His special interest was public speaking and debate. He was jubilant when he was chosen to speak at his commencement.” After graduating Washington was hired as an administrator at the school, and in 1881, General Samuel Armstrong appointed Washington to head Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers in