Callie Schimmel American Literature 2205 Author Presentation July 20 th, 2012.

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Callie Schimmel American Literature 2205 Author Presentation July 20 th, 2012

Born into Slavery He had little promise for his life Went to work carrying sacks of grain to the plantation’s mill. first exposure to education was from the outside of school house near the plantation After the Civil War, Booker and his mother moved to Malden, West Virginia. Booker's mother noticed his interest in learning and got him a book. In 1866, Booker T. Washington got a job as a houseboy for Viola Ruffiner Mrs. Ruffiner understood his desire for an education and allowed him to go to school for an hour a day during the winter months.

In 1871 Booker T. left home and walked to Hampton Normal Agriculture Institute. He convinced the administration to let him attend and took a job as a janitor. He was later offered a scholarship from the headmaster of the school. Booker T. graduated in 1875 with very high rankings. He returned to Malden and taught at his old grade school. In 1879 he spoke at the Hamptons Graduating ceremony. He was later offered a position teaching at the Hampton.

The Story of My Life and Work (1900) Up From Slavery (1901) The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery (2 vol 1909) My Larger Education (1911) The Man Farthest Down (1912)

Granted an honorary masters degree from Harvard University in 1896 Granted an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth College in 1901 the first major oceangoing vessel to be named after an African American house where he was born in Franclin Virginia, was designated as the Booker T. Washington National Monument. High schools, middle and elementary schools across the United States were named after Booker T. Washington.

“Character is power” “Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way” “If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams” “I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him” “ I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed”

“The "T" in Booker T. Washington's name stands for Taliaferro. Booker found out later in life his mother had given him this as a last name but he did not describe why. He made it his middle name”.

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