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WASHINGTON, Booker T: "Extra Mile" plaque in Washington, D.C.
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, gained an education, and as a young man was appointed to lead a teachers' college for black Americans. From this position of leadership he rose into a nationally prominent role as spokesman for his race. He was a pragmatist and an accommodationist, and as such won friends in high places who helped him further his agenda of education for African Americans. Source: Wikipedia
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(dcMem ID #718)
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Booker T. Washington
1856 - 1915
AS AN INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN, LIVING IN A TIME OF ESCALATING SEGREGATION, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON NEGOTIATED A COURSE BETWEEN ACCOMMODATION AND PROGRESS IN ADVOCATING GREATER CIVIL RIGHTS FOR BLACKS. HIS PHILOSOPHY OF "REQUEST" NOT "PROTEST" ALLOWED HIM TO GAIN THE RESPECT OF PRESIDENTS AND POLITICIANS, BUT SOMETIMES ALIENATED THOSE OF HIS OWN RACE. WASHINGTON BELIEVED EDUCATION WAS A CORNERSTONE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLACKS AND HIS EFFORTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS BELOVED TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE HELPED SECURE ITS WELL-DESERVED REPUTATION AS A LEADING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.
My life work is the promotion of education of my race.
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