There were many African American influencer as time passed by, one who stands out the most is, Booker T. Washington. He was the founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1881, now called Tuskegee University in Alabama. Booker T. Washington was known for his intelligences. He has influencer many African Americans and wanted to protect his people from the abused they suffered. He led many important movements that helped African Americans gain rights and be equal. His way of taking action was different than others which may have given him critic by many other major influencers but that did not discourage Booker T. Washington. As much as Booker T. Washington expression his opinions and try to help his people. Many disagree would
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He thought it would be best for African Americans to have an education so they can be closer to being equal to the whites. Many African Americans continued to attended to Tuskegee Institute during the progressive era. Another important influencer that was a staff at Tuskegee was George Washington Carver. In Suggestions to Farmers: George Washington Carver and Rural Conservation in the South by Mark Hersey, it was said, “Booker T. Washington, was was trying to staff Tuskegee institute with an all-black faculty, was despairing of finding an African American candidate qualified to head the institute’s new agricultural school. When Washington heard of Carver, he offered him the position immediately, imploring him to accept so that Tuskegee would not be ‘forced… to put in a white man.” While working at Tuskegee Institute, he discovered peanut oil. And this gave him the name, the “Peanut …show more content…
Washington is a very informative journal that shows may recognition from whites. Some of his autobiography were written from whites, and books about his legacy as well. This journal mentions a critical statement from Ida B. Wells-Barnett being quoted from her autobiography, saying Washington must care about white people views while his people are getting lynch. Iba B. Wells-Barnett was in NAACP. She was a journalist and written a book named “Southern Horrors.” It seems like, NAACP group does not agree with Washington’s methods of reasoning. Because they were based on taking
He thought it would be best for African Americans to have an education so they can be closer to being equal to the whites. Many African Americans continued to attended to Tuskegee Institute during the progressive era. Another important influencer that was a staff at Tuskegee was George Washington Carver. In Suggestions to Farmers: George Washington Carver and Rural Conservation in the South by Mark Hersey, it was said, “Booker T. Washington, was was trying to staff Tuskegee institute with an all-black faculty, was despairing of finding an African American candidate qualified to head the institute’s new agricultural school. When Washington heard of Carver, he offered him the position immediately, imploring him to accept so that Tuskegee would not be ‘forced… to put in a white man.” While working at Tuskegee Institute, he discovered peanut oil. And this gave him the name, the “Peanut …show more content…
Washington is a very informative journal that shows may recognition from whites. Some of his autobiography were written from whites, and books about his legacy as well. This journal mentions a critical statement from Ida B. Wells-Barnett being quoted from her autobiography, saying Washington must care about white people views while his people are getting lynch. Iba B. Wells-Barnett was in NAACP. She was a journalist and written a book named “Southern Horrors.” It seems like, NAACP group does not agree with Washington’s methods of reasoning. Because they were based on taking