Papers, 1909-1912.

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Papers, 1909-1912.

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Letter written from Washington as president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute to Jacob Riis of the New York Sun inviting him to visit the Institute with Vice President Roosevelt and William H. Baldwin, Jr.; also letters to others asking for donations.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

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Washington was an African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, later the Tuskegee Institute. From the description of Letter : Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., to George W. Benson, 1898 May 10. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34657012 ...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...