Booker T. Washington
Author Larry Rowe recounts Washington’s life in West Virginia and how this experience shaped him as a future leader in the African American community.
Description
Author Larry Rowe recounts Washington’s life in West Virginia and how this experience shaped him as a future leader in the African American community.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe Book T. Washington's childhood in Virginia.
- What was his family life like in Walden, West Virginia?
- Describe Book T. Washington's education experience.
- How did he contribute to the Walden community after he graduated from the Hampton Institute?
- Explain Washington's role regarding where West Virginia's state capital was going to be located. Why was this significant for Booker T. Washington?
- Describe Washington's experience in Tuskegee, Alabama.
- Explain how he cultivated public perception of himself in photographs and stories he shared from his life in Walden.
- According to Larry Rowe, why did Booker T. Washington manipulate stories he told about his youth?
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Vocabulary
- Atlanta Compromise
- Confederate
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Liberate
- Referendum