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From slave to Teacher. His Early life. Civil War. Malden, West Virginia (1886). In Hampton Institute. Booker graduated with honors in 1875. His later life. Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 1881. George Washington Carver.
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From slave to Teacher
HisEarly life
In Hampton Institute Booker graduated with honors in 1875
Hislater life
The “compromise” speechat the cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia (1895)
“I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study would be about the same as getting into paradise.” – Booker T. Washington
“He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry.”