Booker T. Washington
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Booker T. Washington
Sort Name:
Washington, Booker T.
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Professional
Specific Job:
Educator
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Saturday, April 5, 1856
Origin:
Virginia
Other Texts:
Biography:
African-American leader and an educator who created a series of vocational schools for African-Americans, most prominently the Tuskegee Institute. The black principal of the "Negro grammar and high school" (246) cites Washington as agreeing with his position against the way Linda Snopes is trying to reform the racial status quo.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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