0h 14min, jul 4, 1881 y - Booker T. Washington And The Tuskegee Institute
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Believing in practical education, Washington established a Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881. Washington believed that Southern racism was so entrenched that to demand immediate social equality would be unproductive. His school aimed to train African Americans in the skills that would help the most.
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