Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Booker T. Washington
A brief biographical sketch of Booker T. Washington, an educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and the most influential spokesman for black...
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Booker T. Washington
A brief biography introduces the life and accomplishments of educator, author, and politician Booker T. Washington. Check out what made this man stand out among others in history.
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Who2 Biographies: Booker T. Washington
Who2 offers "famous person basics" on Booker T. Washington, plus a list of four other websites about or related to this famous educator.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Booker T. Washington:"fifty Cents and a Dream"
Young Booker T. Washington had a dream. That dream was to use the resources at his disposal to earn the money necessary to get an education that would allow him and others to become financially secure. This activity based on the picture...
Other
Socialist Worker: Booker T. Washigton and Black Capitalism
Article focuses on the "self-help" philosophy of Booker T. Washington and "Black Capatalism." [May 11, 2012]
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Odyssey: Booker T. Washngton Era
A history from the Library of Congress of African Americans during the time of Booker T. Washington, "the 1870s to the start of World War I."
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Booker T. Washington
The National Postal Service provides brief biographical details on Booker T. Washington, black educator involved with the Tuskegee Institute. He was featured on the United States Postage ten cent stamp.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Booker T. Washington
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Booker T. Washington, a educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography: Booker T. Washington for Kids
Investigate the biography of Booker T. Washington, educator and civil rights leader who opened the Tuskegee college for African Americans on this site.
Curated OER
National Park Service: American Visionaries: Booker T. Washington
This site provides a web exhibit that celebrates the incredible achievements of Booker T. Washington. Includes photos and biographical information about this extraordinary African American.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score H/ss: Booker T. Washington
Biography of Booker T. Washington. Includes photographs and illustrations.
Library of Congress
Loc: Address to the Country
Read Booker T. Washington's controversial speech arguing the importance of material advancement over integration for African Americans. He believed freed slaves needed to start at the bottom of the economic scale before moving up to...
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Booker T. Washington: Write a Story
Using information learned while reading about Booker T. Washington, students will pick a topic and write a short story connecting that information to life experiences.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: You Decide: Washington or Du Bois?
During the early Progressive Era, two leaders dominated the debate over the best course for racial advancement in America. Who had the better vision for improving the conditions of African Americans in the early 1900s, Booker T....
American Public Media
Say It Plain: Speech to Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition
Booker T. Washington made a consequential speech in Atlanta in 1895, known now as the Atlanta Compromise. Read about the speech, the consessions Washington felt African-Americans needed to make, and the context in which the speech was...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: The Atlanta Compromise Speech (1895)
Find out how Booker T. Washington tried to allay the fears of white Southerners in his speech in Atlanta in September, 1895. Although hailed as a new era in which blacks would give up their civil and political rights and in return get...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlanta Compromise Speech
An interesting article gives the background and ramifications of the Atlanta Compromise speech given by Booker T. Washington in 1895.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Va: Booker T. Washington Natl Monument
An image of the Booker T. Washington National Monument.
Curated OER
Booker T. Washington
A speech by Mary Church Terrell, a letter by Booker T. Washington, a letter by W.E.B. DuBois, and the Niagara Movement's Declaration of Principles describe African American civil rights strategies in the early-twentieth century.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "George Washington Carver" by Barbara Radner
A learning module that begins with "George Washington Carver" by Barbara Radner accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Howard University
Art @ Howard: Booker T. Washington Portrait
Howard University presents the painting by Malvin Gray Johson, "Booker T. Washington,"
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Puryear: Ladder for Booker T. Washington [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Martin Puryear.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Legends of Tuskegee
Exhibit documents the history and achievements of three key constituents of Tuskegee University: Booker T. Washington, who founded the university; the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American flying squadron who trained there during...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Education, Making of African American Identity: V. 2
Chapters and photographs in which Booker T. Washington promotes manual education for blacks. In this resource, Washington makes his case for the practical, trades-based education he installed at the Tuskegee Institute.
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