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Booker Taliaferro Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington. By: Zyaun Jones. http:// upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Booker_T_Washington_portrait _.jpg. 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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Booker Taliaferro Washington

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  1. Booker Taliaferro Washington By: Zyaun Jones http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Booker_T_Washington_portrait_.jpg

  2. All About Booker This will tell you the history of famous African American Booker T. Washington http://www.mygrowthplan.org/Biographies/images/BTWash8.jpg

  3. Atlanta • Booker T. Washington grew up in Atlanta, Georgia • With Mom and Dad http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=booker+t+washington+images&view=detail&id=385CCDC08E949D5B42DF24A17E3049E40944A306&first=121&FORM=IDFRIR

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Education • His education did not last long. • He was educated for a few months and that’s it! http://henderson-clark.net/logo.jpg

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. November • Finally Booker died. • Booker died in November of 1915 http://prints.encore-editions.com/500/0/booker-t-washington-lying-in-state.jpg

  17. 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&view=detail&id=DA9A6E1CE8FA97522F3A5606942BC6794631C1C8&first=151&FORM=IDFRIR

  18. 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++images&view=detail&id=AE61BB9077C49871E33F84E67D1AADFA8F46F0BB&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

  19. Quality • He was strong against what's write. • He had a strong heart. http://img2.photographersdirect.com/img/26929/wm/pd2207710.jpg

  20. 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

  21. 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+images&view=detail&id=BE53558879F1D69264D824EBCE9B7CAF8B4365B6&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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_retouched_flattened-crop-212x300.jpg

  29. 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

  30. Bibliography http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/636363/Booker-T-Washington http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/washington_bhtm Altman, Susan Extraordinary African-American from Colonial to Contemporary Times. Children’s Press, New York, 1989 McKissasck, Fred and Patricia The Story of Booker T. Washington Children’s Press, Chicago, 1991

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