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    1 Antonio Halabi AP English 2/16/2011 Analytical/Expository Essay Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington‚ considered today as one of the most influential and respected African American figures‚ was born into slavery and was later freed by the revolutionizing effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. His charismatic and peaceful personality along with his role in philanthropic acts‚ politics‚ and negotiations soon turned him into a source of admiration shortly after the end of the

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    Justin Shaffer    Mrs. Hood/ Mrs. Curtis     IB English/ Block 6    December 1‚ 2014    The Atlanta Compromise    A mere thirty­five years after the abolition of slavery‚ the majority of African Americans  had been educated such that hundreds were heading to colleges and universities to continue  their studies. At the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1895‚  Booker TWashington gave a famous speech which used logos‚ repetition for effect‚ and  simplification.  He us

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    Booker T. Washington Born as Booker Taliaferro on April 5‚ 1856 to a slave named Jane and her white master‚ Booker T. Washington grew to become a prominent African American educator‚ author‚ and author‚ as well as advisor to Republican presidents (Wiki). He was considered the most significant black educator due to his control over the flow of funds to black schools and universities (Wormser). After the Emancipation Proclamation led them to be freed‚ Jane moved her family to rejoin her husband in

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    Booker T. Washington Presented By: Jeremy A. Clements Presented To: Ms. Alexander Date: February 21‚ 2011 Course: English 1 Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington was born on plantation in Franklin Country‚ Virginia‚ on April 5‚ 1856. After the Civil War‚ his families moved to Malden‚ West Virginia‚ were Booker T. Washington worked in the coal mines and salt Furnaces‚ and a house servant. Washington mom and he were determined for him to go to school. During four years‚

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    Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the most influential (and controversial) African Americans in history. Raised the son of a slave mother‚ Washington was self-motivated and committed to his own education from a young age. The tumultuous time in America’s history during which he lived afforded him new freedoms that came from Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the eventual success of the North in the Civil War. He took the first opportunity to attend a formal school‚

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    Booker T. Washington | Booker T Washington by: Alan Schroeder | Allysia Wesley‚ 3/18/2013 | English Honors Project Marking Period 3 – Due March 20th Booker T. Washington was important to me because he believed in going to school. He was born a slave and slaves weren’t allowed to go to school. Booker was 10 when the slaves were freed. He eventually left his family and traveled to Hampton Institute in Virginia and became the best student. When a new school opened in Alabama Booker became the

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    Booker T. Washington: The Educator Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in the time era when slavery was still legal and when born on a plantation‚ he was born into slavery. He worked as a child laborer on the plantation in harsh conditions. Once the Civil war was over‚ Washington was a freeman. However he continued to do manual labor while working in a coal mine. While listening in on a couple of fellow workers’ conversation about a college for blacks‚ he became so intrigued from the way the

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    Atlanta‚ Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington

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    extent did Booker T. Washington offer a strategy for blacks to combat racial inequality? ‚ seen trh ‚ compared to other activist leaders‚ however was first endorsed by Booker spire to be something and combating the biggest racial boundary much racial equality as in which is combating racial inequality at the I would regard ‘the age of washington’ not so much as a celebration and his indirect combating of the major racial inequalities of the time‚ I belive Booker T Washington deserves some

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    SIEVERS BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT BOOKER T WASHINGTON Booker T Washington was born on April 5‚ 1856 in Hale’s Ford‚ Virginia. Booker was the first male person to become a male housekeeper. Booker was the last generation of Black American leaders born into slavery. Booker T Washington parents are (mother) Jane Ferguson and (father) Washington Ferguson. His mother was a slave so while Booker worked in the house his mother had to work outside. When Booker was a little boy he used to see the

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