ocr: Search by: Searchi Results Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) D.(1839-1937) Educator and civil rights leader niversity ofVirginia Booker T. Washington was born into slavery A y America ona: smallplantation in Franklin County, 0 claration on Women's Rig Virginia. Alter: slavery was abolished, 1941- ) Washington studied at Hampton Institute in tution Virginia, working as: a janitor to pay expenses. He graduated with honors and nts & Graduation Rates returned home to teach school from 18751 to te-Mecklenburg Board of 1878. In 1879 Washington returned to Hampton Institute to teach in a program - for ...
