"Booker T. Washington was an educated black man who was very influential in the transition in the United States from the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery to the election of President Barack Obama. He believed education was key in helping lift African Americans out of poverty and built the Tuskegee Institute to provide that education"--Amazon.com.
Provides a biography of the great African-American educator, author, and orator Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to become an advisor to presidents and the founder of the famed Tuskegee Institute.
