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Booker Taliaferro Washington By: Zyaun Jones http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Booker_T_Washington_portrait_.jpg
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All About Booker This will tell you the history of famous African American Booker T. Washington http://www.mygrowthplan.org/Biographies/images/BTWash8.jpg
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Atlanta Booker T. Washington grew up in Atlanta, Georgia With Mom and Dad http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=booker+t+washington+i mages&view=detail&id=385CCDC08E949D5B42DF24A17E30 49E40944A306&first=121&FORM=IDFRIR
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Booker “T” Washington The T in his name stands for Taliaferro. Booker hated his middle name so when the teacher asked him to write his FULL name he always put T. http://www.organic-cotton.us/organic-cotton1.jpg
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Cotton Exposition The Cotton Exposition was a huge economic fair held by Southern White Business men. He was told to speak for the “negro” or blacks or African American. http://www.organic-cotton.us/organic-cotton1.jpg
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Disagree He wrote a book called Up From Slavery. Black disagreed about what he wrote in his book about slavery. He wrote about how slavery and Ku Klux Klan was happening in his town he didn’t really show emotion, Blacks hated that. http://leadershipfreak.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/disagreeement.jpg
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Education His education did not last long. He was educated for a few months and that’s it! http://henderson-clark.net/logo.jpg
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Five Dollars He was paid at his job $5 a day He did not think this was fair because the whites were paid lots more and got fair treatment. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/New_five_dollar_bill.jpg
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General Lewis Ruffner He was his staff member at his school. His school was treated fairly they got fairly good information and resources. http://www.ruffnerfamily.org/images/25BTWRuffnerCem.jpg
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Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute When he was a teenager this school for blacks opened up he went to finish off his education. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-7596.jpg
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Inspiration He inspired his school to love what they have. This was not a fair law, but he said for get it these are our kids lets do what's write. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7011243.jpg
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Jail He hated seeing blacks getting pushed to jail. He thought of white people as big BULLIES! http://www.nwpcog.org/images/Jail_doors.jpg
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Ku Klux Klan The KKK were big bullies who hated blacks. They attacked his hometown burning down houses and harming people. http://mikehamptonart.net/Burning%20House%20large.jpg
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Leadership He had lots of leadership for his school and hometown. He leaded his school in his hometown to love life even with obstacles. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7011243.jpg
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Mills His job was to take water to the mills once a week every week. He loved his home chores. http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_cities/thompson_okanagan/photos/keremeos/grist_mill_01_640.jpg
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November Finally Booker died. Booker died in November of 1915 http://prints.encore-editions.com/500/0/booker-t-washington-lying-in-state.jpg
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Old Spiritual His famous quote that gave him his nickname. “ Let the life I lived speak for me.” http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=booker+t+washington+images&vie w=detail&id=DA9A6E1CE8FA97522F3A5606942BC6794631C1C8&first=1 51&FORM=IDFRIR
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Portia When he got married he had a daughter. He named his daughter Portia. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=booker+t+washington+daughter++image s&view=detail&id=AE61BB9077C49871E33F84E67D1AADFA8F46F0BB&first=0 &FORM=IDFRIR
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Quality He was strong against what's write. He had a strong heart. http://img2.photographersdirect.com/img/26929/wm/pd2207710.jpg
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Remarkable Figure His most common name after his death, when people see his statue or here his name. “Remarkable Figure” said a black slave he is a strong man. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=booker+t+washington+images&view =detail&id=DA9A6E1CE8FA97522F3A5606942BC6794631C1C8&first=151 &FORM=IDFRIR
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Souls for Black Folks He wrote another book about how to live life with slavery. This is his second autobiography about him and dealing with slavery. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=souls+for+black+folks+i mages&view=detail&id=BE53558879F1D69264D824EBCE9B7 CAF8B4365B6&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR
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Tuskegee Institute His school that he partially owned for blacks where he taught his students to love life. His school was loved by blacks and had white staff members. http://www.bookertwashingtonalumni.com/Booker%20T%20Washington%20High%20School.JPG
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Up From Slavery He loved to write books about his life and his feeling about slavery. In his autobiography he wrote his thoughts on slavery, but not all colored people agreed with his thoughts. http://traube.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2010/01/booker-t-washington-cover-1.1263122623.jpeg
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Virginia His hometown in Atlanta wasn’t the only place he lived. He lived in Virginia for a little of his life. http://daltondatabank.org/images/virginia_counties.png
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Wizard of Tuskegee His most common nickname after his death remembered by family and friends. He was as wise as a wizard and took leadership in his town. http://christophertucker.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/booker-t-washington-memorial.jpg
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XXXVllll At the age of thirty-nine he was an Alabama educator. He was at Tuskegee Institute. http://www.bloggodown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lucky-number-39-number- obsession.jpg
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Yankee Staff His school staff was a Yankee family. His male staff member Lewis Ruffner and his wife. http://www.ruffnerfamily.org/images/25BTWRuffnerCem.jpg
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Zest Booker was really enthusiastic about life. He wasn’t upset about the problems he went through he just kept going forward. He thought about the positive thing that would overcome the negative things. http://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/j3taylor/files/2010/09/Booker_T_Washington_retouch ed_flattened-crop-212x300.jpg
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Conclusion Booker was a legend in the civil rights movement. He will never be forgotten because of how he helped blacks and whites come together as a team. He was ONE of MANY other legends. http://media.washtimes.com/media/community/image/2011/07/24/washington- king-harris-640_t268.jpg?7f6c82c4e3ebc52dbf2e980dcc8631719b6d5f11
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