Booker T. Washington letters, 1902-1913.

Washington, Margaret James Murray, 1865-1925

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Margaret Murray Washington (March 9, 1865 - June 4, 1925) was the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which later became Tuskegee University. She was the third wife of Booker T. Washington. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1972. Margaret Murray was born on March 9 in Macon, Mississippi, in the early 1860s. Her birth year is unknown; her tombstone says she was born in 1865, but the 1870 census lists her birth year as 1861. She was one of ten children...

Institute for Colored Youth at Cheyney

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania had its beginning in the $10,000 bequest of Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, for the establishment of a school for the education of African Americans; African Institute was founded in 1837 and name changed to Institute for Colored Youth; opened in 1840 with five male students; in 1902 the school moved from Philadelphia to the farm of George Cheyney, 25 miles west of Philadelphia; after being administered by a Quaker Board of Managers for 85 years, the s...

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...