1. Booker T. Washington Summary
He became perhaps the most prominent black leader of his time. ... Booker over came the obstacles of the free black man by educating himself and other blacks to become "equal" to whites. ... After working in the coal mine for some time, his mother found a position for him as a house boy for the Ruffner Family. ... After being at the Ruffner house for about four years Booker made the decision to attend Hampton Institute, in Virginia. He had gotten this idea from a man he had heard talking about a school in Virginia. ...
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