ough money to bring his family along with him. Booker still maintained his passion to learn to read and write, to attend school and receive an education, and as soon as an all-black school opened near Malden, he was determined to attend. He began attending night classes and it was there that he was asked to recite his name upon which he answered Booker Washington, like his stepfather. It was not until the age of 16 did he discover his middle name and began to call himself Booker T. Washington. In 1872, Booker eager to enhance his education enrolled to become a student at the Hampton Institute of Virginia. It was here that Booker met General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of the Hampton Institute. Armstrong who made a dramatic impres
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