5 April 1856 A.D. Booker T. Washington Born—Scholar & Founder of Tuskugee
5 April 1856 A.D. Booker T. Washington Born—Scholar & Founder
of Tuskugee
Booker T. Washington (1856 to 1915)
Protestant
Founder of Tuskugee.
Birth of Booker T. Washington an African-American man who did much for
his own people and poor whites of the southern states by teaching them trades
and self-reliance. Born to slave parents, and learning early to work hard in
secular employment, he was so poor when he went looking for an education that
he had to sleep under a board sidewalk. But he applied himself, and at age 16
enrolled at Hampton Institute and Industrial School, graduating at 19. He
taught school for three years, then attended Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.
At 25 he opened a school for black youths at Tuskugee, Alabama with 50 students
in two old buildings. At his death at age 59, there were 40 buildings, 1500
students and a faculty of 200 to carry on the work. By then sonic 8,000 young
African Americans had been trained, and had become useful citizens. His secret
to success? Faith in God.
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