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Booker T Washington was born in slavery and freed during the Civil War. He put himself through college and became the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, a college for black higher education. He played a major role in black politics, promoting education, entrepreneurship, and community through grass roots organizations. He had the attention of America’s most powerful. He was the first black person to meet publicly on equal terms with a president, when he dined with Theodore Roosevelt. Because of his strong influence between 1880 and 1915, this span of time has been called “The Age of Booker T. Washington.”
Mr. Washington is constructed and dressed in recycled wool and satin. He stands approximately 10” tall. He is currently part of the “Second Nature” exhibit at the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen gallery in Berea, Kentucky.
Booker T Washington was born in slavery and freed during the Civil War. He put himself through college and became the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, a college for black higher education. He played a major role in black politics, promoting education, entrepreneurship, and community through grass roots organizations. He had the attention of America’s most powerful. He was the first black person to meet publicly on equal terms with a president, when he dined with Theodore Roosevelt. Because of his strong influence between 1880 and 1915, this span of time has been called “The Age of Booker T. Washington.”
Mr. Washington is constructed and dressed in recycled wool and satin. He stands approximately 10” tall. He is currently part of the “Second Nature” exhibit at the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen gallery in Berea, Kentucky.