Booker T. Washington - Charleston, WV
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Booker T. Washington monument on the grounds of the state capitol complex in Charleston, WV.
Waymark Code: WMCC81
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2011
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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was born into slavery to a slave mother and white father. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representative of the last generation of black leaders born in slavery, he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their right to vote. While his opponents called his powerful network of supporters the "Tuskegee Machine," Washington maintained his power because of the sponsorship of powerful whites, widespread support within the black business, educational and religious communities nationwide, his ability to raise large amounts of money from philanthropists, and his accommodation to the political realities of the age of Jim Crow segregation.
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