Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
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Fuller Name
- Booker Taliaferro
Variants
- Vāśiṅgaṭana, Vukara Ṭī., 1856-1915
- Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
- Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1856-04-05
Death Date
- 1915-11-14
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1872
- Organization: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Wayland Seminary (Washington, D.C.)
Birth Place
- Franklin County (Va.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Education, Higher
Writing
Public speaking
Politics
Occupation
(lcsh) Slaves
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Sources
- found: Up from slavery, 2000?:t.p. (Booker T. Washington)
- found: LC database, Sept. 27, 2011(hdg.: Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915)
- found: 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)
- found: 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)
- found: 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)
- found: 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)
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Change Notes
- 1979-08-02: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
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