Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on this day in Hale’s Ford, Virginia. Born into slavery, he would become one of the most influential African American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the founder of Tuskegee Institute, Washington championed vocational education and self-reliance. His philosophy of racial uplift through economic progress made him a prominent advisor to U.S. presidents and a key figure in the struggle for Black advancement in post-Reconstruction America.
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