Booker T. Washington was born on april 15 , 1856 and died at age 59. His mother was a slave and his father was white. He was the one that founded the Tuskegee Institute. Washington was known for his speaches that urged white people to let black people learn trades. He wrote 14 books and one of those book was called " Up From Slavery " which was his autobiography.
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