Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington was an educator born April 5, 1865. He was an author and wrote 50 books. He was born in Hale’s Ford Virginia. He died November 14, 1915.
Booker was born into slavery in Virginia. His mother worked as a cook for the plantation owner and his father was a white man that no one knew. They lived in a one room log cabin. At a young age he was working and carrying 100 pound sacks of grain to the mill. Washington was so fascinated by learning and school. When he saw a schoolhouse near the plantation, he saw the children reading and writing and he wanted to do that but he couldn’t because he was a slave.
After the Civil War he moved to Malden, West Virginia. Due to his family being really poor, he had to work at a salt furnace …show more content…
Since Booker was running Tuskegee, that school became the leading school in the country. Booker believed that economic success would take time. He also believed that if African Americans worked hard that they will win the respect of white people.
At his death Tuskegee it had more than 100 buildings, 1,500 students, 200 members, and teaching 38 trades and professions. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt invited him into the White House. Booker became the first African American to be honored. Since he visited the White House his autobiography Up From Slavery African Americans looked upon him as a hero. But some people thought of him as a traitor like Du Bois. Many white people in the south and some people from the congress saw Booker’s success and wanted to put African Americans back in their place.
I like Booker T. Washington because he challenged all of the rules and broke most of them. A couple of rules he broke was that he was a slave and he wanted to go to school and learn how to read and write. Also when he looked inside the schoolhouse instead of doing work he could’ve gotten in trouble. I also like the fact that he got up at an early hour in the morning just so he can study about the alphabet. That’s why I admire Booker T.
Booker was born into slavery in Virginia. His mother worked as a cook for the plantation owner and his father was a white man that no one knew. They lived in a one room log cabin. At a young age he was working and carrying 100 pound sacks of grain to the mill. Washington was so fascinated by learning and school. When he saw a schoolhouse near the plantation, he saw the children reading and writing and he wanted to do that but he couldn’t because he was a slave.
After the Civil War he moved to Malden, West Virginia. Due to his family being really poor, he had to work at a salt furnace …show more content…
Since Booker was running Tuskegee, that school became the leading school in the country. Booker believed that economic success would take time. He also believed that if African Americans worked hard that they will win the respect of white people.
At his death Tuskegee it had more than 100 buildings, 1,500 students, 200 members, and teaching 38 trades and professions. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt invited him into the White House. Booker became the first African American to be honored. Since he visited the White House his autobiography Up From Slavery African Americans looked upon him as a hero. But some people thought of him as a traitor like Du Bois. Many white people in the south and some people from the congress saw Booker’s success and wanted to put African Americans back in their place.
I like Booker T. Washington because he challenged all of the rules and broke most of them. A couple of rules he broke was that he was a slave and he wanted to go to school and learn how to read and write. Also when he looked inside the schoolhouse instead of doing work he could’ve gotten in trouble. I also like the fact that he got up at an early hour in the morning just so he can study about the alphabet. That’s why I admire Booker T.