Booker T. Washington says he was born in either 1858 or 1859. In his book “Up from Slavery,” he writes, “I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure ...

(WDBJ) - The Booker T. Washington National Monument is where ... on a U.S. postage stamp and on a 50-cent coin. He wrote Up From Slavery. . . He started Tuskegee Institute for former slaves ...

Booker T. Washington was one of the most powerful African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century. Born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, the son of a white man who did not acknowledge him ...