Booker%20T.%20Washington

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Booker T. Washington

• By Olivia

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Booker T. Washington Biography

• He was born April 5,1856.
• He died November 14,1915.
• His mother was named Jane she was a slave.
• His father was an unknown plantation worker.

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Education

• In 1872 he entered the Hampton Agricultural
  Institute.
• As a kid he did not go to school because is black.

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Contributed or influenced

• He wrote a book.
• He was an educator for blacks.
• He was also an African American civil rights
  leader.

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Famous Quote

• To hold a man down, you have to stay down with
  him

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Two interesting facts

• He was the first African-American to be invited
  to the White House.
• At age 16 he walked from Malden, West Virginia to
  Hampton, Virginia to go to college.

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Two interesting facts

• He was the first African-American to receive an
  honorary degree from Harvard.
• He was the first African-American to have his
  face on a U.S postage stamp and even had his face
  on a half-dollar.

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Websites

• Google
• Wikipedia

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