1. TAKING NOTES AND
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

2. Synopsis
Booker T. Washington, born in 1856, was an American educator, author,
orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African
American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.
Representative of the last generation of black leaders born in slavery, he
spoke on behalf of blacks living in the South.
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(born April 5, 1856, Franklin County, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 14, 1915,
Tuskegee, Ala.) educator and reformer, first president and principal
developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee
University), and the most influential spokesman for black Americans
between 1895 and 1915.
He was born in a slave hut but, after emancipation, moved with his family
to Malden, W.Va. Dire poverty ruled out regular schooling; at age nine he
began working, first in a salt furnace and later in a coal mine. Determined
to get an education, he enrolled at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute in Virginia (1872), working as a janitor to help pay expenses. He
graduated in 1875 and returned to Malden, where for two years he
taught children in a day school and adults at night. Following studies at
Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C. (1878–79), he joined the staff of
Hampton.
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3. NOTE-TAKING
• Booker T. Washington, • Very important in African
born in 1856, was an American community
American educator, 1890-1915
author, orator, and
political leader. He was • Was born in slavery
the dominant figure in the
African American
community in the United
States from 1890 to 1915.
Representative of the last
generation of black
leaders born in slavery, he
spoke on behalf of blacks
living in the South.

4. NOTE-TAKING
• (born April 5, 1856, • Born Apr 5, 1856 in
Franklin County, Va., Virginia
U.S.—died Nov. 14, • Died Nov 14, 1915
1915, Tuskegee, Ala.) • Lived 59 years
educator and reformer,
first president and • Developed Tuskegee
principal developer of Institute
Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute (now
Tuskegee University),
and the most influential
spokesman for black
Americans between
1895 and 1915.

5. NOTE-TAKING
• He was born in a slave • Born to slaves
hut, but after • Moved to Malden WV
emancipation moved after freed
with his family to Malden, • Extremely poor
W.Va. Dire poverty ruled
out regular schooling; at • Worked at age 9---salt
age nine he began mine, then coal mine
working, first in a salt • Worked as custodian to
furnace and later in a pay for classes at
coal mine. Determined to Hampton Institute
get an education, he
enrolled at the Hampton
Normal and Agricultural
Institute in Virginia (1872),
working as a janitor to
help pay expenses.

6. NOTE-TAKING
• He graduated in 1875 • Graduated 1875
and returned to • Worked as a teacher
Malden, where for for children and
two years he taught adults after he
children in a day graduated(back in
school and adults at Malden WV)
night. Following • Returned to Hampton
studies at Wayland Institute as a teacher
Seminary, after a year of study
Washington, D.C. at Wayland Seminary
(1878–79), he joined
the staff of Hampton.

7. WRITING
• Very important in • It would have been
African American hard to believe when
community 1890- Booker T. Washington
1915 died in 1915, that just
59 years earlier, on
• Was born in slavery April 15th, he had
been born in a shack
• Born Apr 5, 1856 in in Franklin, Virginia to
Virginia parents who were
• Died Nov 14, 1915 slaves. How could a
• Lived 59 years man so important
• Developed Tuskegee have started out as a
Institute slave?

8. WRITING
• Born to slaves • After the Civil War, a
• Moved to Malden WV newly free Booker moved
after freed to Malden, West Virginia
• Extremely poor with his family. His family
may have been free from
• Worked at age 9---salt slavery, but they were not
mine, then coal mine free from poverty. They
• Worked as custodian to were so impoverished,
pay for classes at that Booker had to go to
Hampton Institute work in a salt mine at the
age of nine. Later,
Washington also worked
as a coal miner and then
a custodian to pay for his
classes at Hampton
Institute.

9. WRITING
• Graduated 1875 • After graduating in
• Worked as a teacher 1875, Washington
for children and adults worked as a teacher in
after he his hometown of
graduated(back in Malden, West Virginia.
Malden WV) In 1879, after studying
• 1879 Returned to for a year at Wayland
Hampton Institute as a Seminary, he returned
teacher after a year of to Hampton Institute as
study at Wayland a teacher. Booker was
Seminary a long way from that
slave shack in Virginia,
but he still had far to
go.

10. COMPARISON
• Booker T. Washington, born in 1856,
was an American educator, author, • It would have been
orator, and political leader. He was
the dominant figure in the African hard to believe when
American community in the United
States from 1890 to 1915. Booker T. Washington
Representative of the last generation
of black leaders born in slavery, he died in 1915, that just 59
spoke on behalf of blacks living in the
South. (born April 5, 1856, Franklin years earlier, on April
County, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 14, 1915,
Tuskegee, Ala.) educator and 5th, he had been born
reformer, first president and principal
developer of Tuskegee Normal and in a shack in Franklin,
Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee
University), and the most influential Virginia to parents who
spokesman for black Americans
between 1895 and 1915. were slaves. How
could a man so
important have started
out as a slave?

11. COMPARISON
• He was born in a slave • After the Civil War, a
hut but, after newly free Booker moved
emancipation, moved to Malden, West Virginia
with his family to Malden, with his family. His family
W.Va. Dire poverty ruled may have been free from
out regular schooling; at slavery, but they were not
age nine he began free from poverty. They
working, first in a salt were so impoverished,
furnace and later in a that Booker had to go to
coal mine. Determined to work in a salt mine at the
get an education, he age of nine. Later,
enrolled at the Hampton Washington also worked
Normal and Agricultural as a coal miner and then
Institute in Virginia (1872), a custodian to pay for his
working as a janitor to classes at Hampton
help pay expenses. Institute.

12. COMPARISON
• He graduated in 1875 • After graduating in
and returned to 1875, Washington
Malden, where for two worked as a teacher in
years he taught his hometown of
children in a day Malden, West Virginia.
school and adults at In 1879, after studying
night. Following studies for a year at Wayland
at Wayland Seminary, Seminary, he returned
Washington, D.C. to Hampton Institute as
(1878–79), he joined the a teacher. Booker was
staff of Hampton. a long way from that
slave shack in Virginia,
but he still had far to
go.