Booker T. Washington
by Timmy
Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County,
Virginia in a slave cabin. While he was a boy,
he worked in salt mines in West Virginia. When he
was 15, he left his home and went to Hampton
Institute where he cleaned buildings and classrooms
to pay for his college tuition. In 1881, Washington
had been picked to be a leader to a brand new school
for blacks called Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute. After that, he became a leader. He was
the leader for black Americans who fought for
integration and equality. Booker T. Washington was
a great man that soon turned out to be one of the
most powerful black Americans of his time.