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Booker T. Washington

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Noun

1. booker t. washington, booker taliaferro washington, washington

United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Booker T. Washington

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American educator. Born into slavery, he acquired an education after emancipation and became the principal of Tuskegee Institute, which flourished under his leadership (1881-1915). He also wrote an autobiography, Up from Slavery (1901).

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