A school book black hero

1. A school book black hero By Stephanie Ray

2. Booker T.Washigton April 5-november 15

3. He was born on April 5,1856 hale’s ford Virginia. He was a slave of James and Elizabeth Burroughs. • Died on November 15,1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama (aged 59) • His mother Jane was a cook and his father was a white man from a nearby farm also had a step father with a half sister and half brother. • Washington married 3 times and had two sons and one daughter. • He make a book called Up From Slavery in 1900. Personal info

4. Washington was married 3 times • To Fannie Smith from 1882 until her death 1884. • Then he married Olivia Davis on 1885 until her death in 1889. • Last Margaret Murray from 1893 until his death in 1915. Who he married

6. At age 16, he had walked up to 500 miles back to Virginia to enroll in a new school for black students. • He knew that even poor students could get an education at Hampton Institute, paying their way by working. • After finishing up Hampton he attended College of Wayland Seminary. Growing up

7. He return to Hampton and became the first black teacher and principal, in 1881 • He was named as the first leader of the new Tuskegee institute in Alabama. • Booker T. Washington built a nationwide net work of supporting many black communities. • With black ministers, educators and businessmen. Washington became

8. Washington dream was to get black student in a classroom.

9. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” • “If you cant read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.” • “I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” • “One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him“ quotes

10. Why I pick booker t. Washington I pick booker t. Washington because I didn’t know how very important he was to history. Now I know a lot more and I thank him for become who he was.

11. The end Stephanie ray