BOOKER T WASHINGTON

FACTS ABOUT HIM

• Born April 5, 1856
• First African American to be on a US postage stamp
• He was born as a slave but his father was a white plantation owner

growing up

• His mother and father worked on a plantation in Virginia
• Had a brother and sister
• Started working for his master at 5 years of age
• 1965 he and his family were set free

school life

• Booker T Washington went to a local school for all black children
• In 1872 he went to Hampton Institute which was a college for black student
• The college was 500 miles away from home
• He had to convince them to let him enroll into the school
• He finally graduated from there

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE

Here at tuskegee they taught them things that they could make a living off of like, farming, agriculture, construction and sewing.

later life

• Booker was married three times
• Fannie N. Smith (first wife)
• Olivia A. Davidson (second wife)
• Margret James (third wife)
• He had 3 children in total

1895 through 1915 Booker T Washington was the most famous black man in America.

In September 1895 Booker was invited to speak at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. This day he became a national hero.

Booker's Death

• Died November 15,1915
• In New york city he collapsed, then he was brought back to Tuckege
• He was buried on Tuskegee campus near the University Chapel