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Booker T. Washington
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American educator born into slavery who trained at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute before founding Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881. He built its academic and vocational curriculum around self-built infrastructure and practical trades, and became, through his writing and public speaking, the most prominent African American leader of his era.
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BirthplaceHale's Ford, Franklin County, Virginia 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded and led the Tuskegee Institute, building an industrial and vocational curriculum through which formerly enslaved and working-class Black Americans could gain economic self-sufficiency. 1 Notable Work Cross-Tradition Connections
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Washington was the founding principal; the Alabama legislature provided the legal charter.
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