In this interesting episode of Unsung Heroes, we speak about Booker T. Washington and his contributions to the development of the Tuskegee Institute and his theories regarding black progression during the Jim Crow Era. He is fascinating to delve into his story because he is the prime example of one, who went from becoming a slave to being a free man and was a proponent of the black population during segregation working and gaining skills through education, trades and manners. He had a well known ideological difference with renown WEB Du Bois on the ideas surrounding segregation and Jim Crow. He was more on the side that in order for blacks to progress it required the immediate integration due to the idea that blacks are being degraded within this state of segregation and Washington was more for the idea of gaining skills that would make them useful to the American economy, with integration to come once it was proved. I loved doing this episode, and I hope you enjoy the information it gives.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington

https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/booker-t-washington#:~:text=Washington%20argued%20that%20African%20Americans,blacks%20to%20the%20American%20economy.

https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/booker-t-washington

Music:

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