Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) was born a slave in Virginia. Washington was an educator, author, speech giver, and civil rights leader. After being freed from slavery, Washington moved to West Virginia where he was able to attend colleges that became Hampton University and Virginia Union University. Upon graduation from Virginia Union, he went back to Hampton as a teacher and was offered the job to head the Tuskegee Institution in Alabama.
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