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=Historical Person: Booker T Washington=

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=Biographical Information:= Andrew Hughes 4/7/11

Booker T Washington was born a slave in 1856 on a plantation in Virginia. He graduated in Washington College and his study was theology. Booker believed that African American’s could learn and could get a good education.

His mother was a cook and his father was a white man. In his time it was illegal to educate slave, but Booker didn’t agree with that. He began a job early in his life as mining for salt. While mining he had moved to his stepfather’s house along with his family. At age 16, Booker went back to school and had to walk a far distance. At the school, they taught African Americans’.

Later in his years, he became an instructor at the Hampton school and later became the principle. After Hampton he went to Malden and got work at a local school. He attacked racism. Some point later on in his life he joined ranks with some other farmer critics who made fun of racism of blacks.

Booker is best remembered for helping African American’s. He died at age 59. When he entered school he took over his stepfather’s name.

Booker was a good leader and will still be remembered from this day on.

=Trials and Tribulations: He was the principal of a school and he wanted to help African American's to get a good education.=

=Character Traits: He was very willing to help people and was always confident in himself.=

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