Booker T. Washington. At the start of the Civil War, when he was six years old, he toted the water pail to thirsty field hands. Before the War ended, he grew tall enough to handle a hoe, and when he was ten he labored in a salt factory.

Eventually, he walked and hitched rides to Hampton Institute, where he studied, graduated and, starting in 1879, taught. A few years later, with limited money, he purchased four decrepit buildings, attracted 30 students, and began the Tuskagee (AL) Institute.

He developed these meager assets into a major institution where vocational education and gradual adjustment were the keys to progress for African-Americans. In 1901, he published "Up From Slavery." Washington wrote three other books and his papers fill 13 volumes.

Medium : 1 photographic print.

Created/Published : Between 1890 and 1900

NOTES: Stamp on mount: Schumacher, 107 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. Photograph possibly by Schumacher.

Housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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