Booker T. Washington: Fighter For The Black Man
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Booker T. Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work
were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering
speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's view of the
Negro. He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowle ....
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.... it by accusing and
putting blame on others, but instead through hard work.
Booker T. Washington cleared the way for the black community to fully enter
the American society. Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in
Franklin County, Virginia, on a small tobacco plantation. His only true
relative was his mother, Jane, who was the plantation's cook. His father was
probably the white son of one of the neighbors, though it is not known for
sure. Washington spent his childhood years o ....
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