For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum of History.
But Washington's philosophy of racial uplift was bitterly opposed by some African American intellectuals, most notably W.E.B. Du Bois. In 1903, Du Bois published the essay, "Of Mr. Booker T.
“Booker T. Washington on the other hand ... but his whole program was to expand the American Dream to African-Americans.” Washington’s sole purpose was to develop a black middle class ...
The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...
Camp DeLay Washington was born in Monroe, Louisiana on October 25, 1950, to Booker T. and Linnie Belle Stuart Washington. He ...
Since then, a number of his former friends and peers have paid tribute, including WWE Hall of Famers JBL and Booker T. The latter specially ... three-time GWF North American Tag Team Champions ...
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How George Washington Carver National Monument became the first dedicated to an African American and the first to a non-presidentIn 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute ...
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As Marcus Garvey returned to Jamaica in 1914, after four years in Central America and Europe, he came upon the autobiography of Booker T. Washington ... pages of most African American newspapers.
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