The Inequality In The Life Of Booker T. Washington

Of course, southern African American did not give up chasing their real freedom. They tried many ways to challenge inequality and white supremacy. To face their terrible situation, they kept support colleges, school, and churches. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton Institute) located in Virginia in 1868. This college used to train a large of African American military. Booker T. Washington was one of the most remarkable black leader in American history. He was a former slave. He learned to read and write in a local school. In 1872, he studied in Hampton Institute and inspired by Samuel Chapman Armstrong who was the principle of Hampton Institute. In 1881, he found a black college, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He believed that