BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
LIFTING THE VEIL
OF IGNORANCE
FROM THE SLAVE
Charles Keck-Sculptor
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
EDUCATOR
BORN A SLAVE IN 1858 IN VIRGINIA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
WAS TAKEN TO WEST VIRGINIA HE WORKED IN THE MINES,
ATTENDING SCHOOL IN WINTER GRADUATED FROM
HAMPTON INSTITUTE IN 1875-TAUGHT UNTIL 1881,WHEN
HE BECAME HEAD OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, IN ALABAMA
HE WAS AN ABLE WRITER AND SPEAKER ON RACIAL
AND EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS HE DIED NOV. 14,1915
CSTEPHEN ANDERSON
TUSKEGEE
INSTITUTE
APR7
9-AM
1940
ALA
UNITED ST
N.Y.
Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave
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