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Booker T. Washington

A comprehensive introduction to Booker T. Washington, the American educator, author, and civil rights leader whose philosophy of industrial education, economic self-reliance, and gradual advancement shaped African American political thought in the post-Reconstruction era.

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1856 CE — 1915 CE

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Booker T. Washington1856 CE — 1915 CEAmerican

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Booker T. WashingtonBy Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyConsult source
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Booker T. WashingtonBy Encyclopedia BritannicaConsult source

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