Booker T Washington Research Paper
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on April 5,1856. Booker Taliaferro Washington’s life had very little promise early on in his life, and Franklin County, Virginia as in most states practice Civil War, the child of a slave becomes a slave. Booker at an early age started working at a plantation mill toting hundred pound sacks of grain,he was also beaten on occasion for not performing as he was supposed to.
Booker T. Washington also grew up during the Civil War.Although President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation,even though most slaves weren't really free until the war was actually over.In 1865 when Booker was around nine years old, Union soldiers arrived at the plantation and told his family that they were free. …show more content…
Washington was the most famous black man in 1895 and 1915. He was also considered the most influential educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries insofar as he controlling the flow of funds to Black schools and colleges.In September 1895,Washington became a national hero.He was invited to speak at the 1895 Cotton States at the international exposition in the Atlanta ,Washington publicity accepted the district machinist and social segregation as long as whites would be allowed black economic progress and education opportunity and Justice in the court's.Booker also mastered the nuances of the Political arena in the late 19th century, which helped him be able to manipulate the media,raise money,While punishing those who opposed his plans for uplifting blacks.His long term goal was to end the disenfranchisement of the vast majority of the African americans,who then still lived in the south.school for black children, but he had to work too. Booker had heard of a college for black students and he wanted to learn more about the school but the school was 500 miles away but that didn't stop him.He worked different jobs along the way and he hitched rides when he could.Although when he graduated he started teaching
Booker T. Washington also grew up during the Civil War.Although President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation,even though most slaves weren't really free until the war was actually over.In 1865 when Booker was around nine years old, Union soldiers arrived at the plantation and told his family that they were free. …show more content…
Washington was the most famous black man in 1895 and 1915. He was also considered the most influential educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries insofar as he controlling the flow of funds to Black schools and colleges.In September 1895,Washington became a national hero.He was invited to speak at the 1895 Cotton States at the international exposition in the Atlanta ,Washington publicity accepted the district machinist and social segregation as long as whites would be allowed black economic progress and education opportunity and Justice in the court's.Booker also mastered the nuances of the Political arena in the late 19th century, which helped him be able to manipulate the media,raise money,While punishing those who opposed his plans for uplifting blacks.His long term goal was to end the disenfranchisement of the vast majority of the African americans,who then still lived in the south.school for black children, but he had to work too. Booker had heard of a college for black students and he wanted to learn more about the school but the school was 500 miles away but that didn't stop him.He worked different jobs along the way and he hitched rides when he could.Although when he graduated he started teaching