Booker T. Washington
David Clark
September 28, 2005
Mini Report-Booker T. Washington
Charlie Frazier
Clark 1
A True Leader
He was a writer, educator, community leader, organization founder, college president, and a school founder. Most sources consider him the first national black leader after slavery (Smith 1181). This prolific man graced the earth on April 5, 1856 near Hale’s Ford, Virginia (Kranz & Koslow 251). This great African American became one of the great leaders of the African-American community. This great man happens to be Booker Taliaferro Washington (Christmas 244).
Booker T. Washington was born into slavery. Although his time spent as a slave was not that long, the slavery experience molded Washington into the great leader he was and the slavery experience shaped Washington’s theories. After the bonds of physical slavery were broken, Washington’s mother moved the family to West Virginia. While living in West Virginia, Washington began labor in the coal mines and the......
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