Booker T. Washington
1856 - 1915
Biography
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an influential African American educator, author, and leader who advocated for the education and advancement of African Americans in the post-Civil War United States. Born into slavery, Washington rose to prominence as the head of the Tuskegee Institute, a renowned vocational school for African Americans. He believed in practical education and economic self-reliance as the key to racial progress, emphasizing the importance of hard work, entrepreneurship, and cooperation between African Americans and whites. Washington's speeches and writings, including his famous autobiography 'Up from Slavery,' made him a prominent figure in the fight for racial equality and upliftment.
Famous Quotes (5)
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.