Washington, Booker T.
             One of the best educator, known as Booker Taliaferro Washington. Booker was born
             as a slave on a plantation near Roanoke, Virginia, in 1856, probably in April. Booker
             Taliaferro Washington lived with his mother, brother, and sister in a tiny cabin. After
             President Abraham Lincoln "the 16th president" signed the Emancipation Proclamation
             {in 1863}, When Abraham Lincoln free the slaves. Booker family moved to malden,
             West Virgina. Booker T. Washington help support his family. Booker T. Washington
             worked in salt furnaces and coal mines during the day and went to attended school at
             Booker T. Washington was founder of the Tuskegee Institute. Booker was born
             as a slave. After the civil war, Washington became an educator and social reformer.
             Booker T. Washington promoted educational and economic advancement rather than
             political equality. Booker angered some other African American leaders. Booker T.
             Washington was also concern for poor and illerate blacks.
             Booker Taliaferro Washington was hunger for education. Booker T. Washington
             left home at the age of 16. It was a long difficult journey to Hampton Institute in
             Hampton, Virginia, he walk most of the way. There Booker worked his way through
             school as a Janitor. After graduating in 1875, Booker T. Washington teach school for
             a while and continued his studies at Wayland Seminary in Washington , D.C., before
             Booker Taliaferro Washington started a school for blacks at Tuskegee, Alabama in
             1881. Booker began without even a single building but soon made Tuskegee Institute
             world renowned. Under Booker T. Washington leadership the students built 40 buildings
             to house classrooms, laboratories, and living quaters. Tuskegee stressed industrial
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