Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
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Name (Hebrew)
וושינגטון, בוקר ט., 1856-1915
Name (Latin)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Other forms of name
Vāśiṅgaṭana, Vukara Ṭī., 1856-1915
Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915
Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
ושינגטון, בוקר ט., 1856-1915
Date of birth
1856
Date of death
1915
Place of birth
Franklin County (Va.)
Place of death
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Politics, Practical
Education, Higher
Writing
Public speaking
Associate group
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.)
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.) (1872)
Occupation
Enslaved persons
Authors
Civil rights workers
Educators
Lecturers
Politicians
Slaves
African American educators
African American authors
African American politicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 20, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Washington, Booker T; Booker Taliaferro Washington; slave, civil rights activist, educator; born 05 April 1856 in Near Hale's Ford, Franklin County, Virginia, United States; graduated, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia (1875); spent few months at Wayland Seminary, Baptist institution, Washington, D.C. (1878-1879); his life's work was to establish new Negro normal school in Tuskegee, Alabama (1881); supported financially New York Age newspaper (1880s); supported the Afro-American League (1887); played a major role in the successful effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a harsh Alabama peonage law (1908-1911); died 14 November 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States)
- Biography, via WWW, Jan. 24, 2013(born to a slave in Franklin County, Virginia; founded Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama (now known as Tuskegee University); attended Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in 1872; first African American to be invited to dine at the White House, with Pres. Theodore Roosevelt)
- LC database, Sept. 27, 2011(hdg.: Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915)
- LC man. auth. cd.(Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; orig. hdg. scratched out: Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915; some citations give various birthdates centering around 1856 or 1859)
- Up from slavery, 2000?:t.p. (Booker T. Washington)
- Wikipedia WWW, Sept. 27, 2011(Booker Taliaferro Washington, born Apr. 5, 1856 in Hale's Ford, Franklin County, Virginia, died Nov. 14, 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama; was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915)
- His Up from slavery, 2000?:t.p. (Booker T. Washington)