On this day, General Samuel C. Armstrong recommended Booker T. Washington to become the founding principal of the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers in Alabama. Washington, then just 25 years old, was chosen for his leadership and educational philosophy rooted in self-help, vocational training, and racial uplift. His appointment marked the beginning of one of the most influential educational institutions in African American history, known today as Tuskegee University.
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