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. • Very important in African
Washington, born in American community
1856, was an American 1890-1915
educator, author, orator,
and political leader. He • Was born in slavery
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.

4. NOTE-TAKING
• (born April • Born Apr 5, 1856 in
5, 1856, Franklin Virginia
County, Va., U.S.—died • Died Nov 14, 1915
Nov. • Lived 59 years
14, 1915, Tuskegee, Ala.
) educator and • Developed Tuskegee
reformer, first president Institute
and principal
developer of 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 • Extremely poor
Malden, W.Va. Dire
poverty ruled out regular • Worked at age 9---salt
schooling; at age nine he mine, then coal mine
began working, first in a • Worked as custodian to
salt 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, Washingto after a year of study
n, D.C. (1878–79), he at Wayland Seminary
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
pay for classes at impoverished, that
Hampton Institute Booker had to go to 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 • It would have been
educator, author, orator, and political
leader. He was the dominant figure in hard to believe when
the African 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 5th, he had been born
and reformer, first president and
principal developer of Tuskegee in a shack in
Normal and Industrial Institute (now
Tuskegee University), and the most Franklin, Virginia to
influential spokesman for black
Americans between 1895 and 1915. parents who 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 with his family. His family
Malden, W.Va. Dire may have been free from
poverty ruled out regular slavery, but they were not
schooling; at age nine he free from poverty. They
began working, first in a were so
salt furnace and later in a impoverished, that
coal mine. Determined to Booker had to go to work
get an education, he in a salt mine at the age
enrolled at the Hampton of nine.
Normal and Agricultural Later, Washington also
Institute in Virginia worked as a coal miner
(1872), working as a and then a custodian to
janitor to help pay pay for his classes at
expenses. Hampton 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, he returned
Seminary, Washington, to Hampton Institute as
D.C. (1878–79), he a teacher. Booker was
joined the staff of a long way from that
Hampton. slave shack in
Virginia, but he still had
far to go.