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(1856-1915) Writer, educator. Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, and died in Tuskagee, Alabama. He owned a house, still standing, near Cousins Avenue, Fort Salonga, Northport, New York, in 1911.

Full Name

Booker T Washington

Locations

Suffolk

Author's Timeline

1856

BIRTH

Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in Hale's Ford, Franklin County, Virginia, on April 5, 1856.

1899

LITWORK

The Future of the American Negro
Small, Maynard & Company

Nonfiction.

1900

LITWORK

The Story of My Life and Work
J. L. Nichols

Autobiography, ghost-written and edited by Timothy Thomas Fortune.

1901

LITWORK

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
New York, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.

Autobiography.

1901

LITWORK

"Up From Slavery: An Autobiography"

1902

LITWORK

Character Building
New York, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.

Nonfiction.

1904

LITWORK

Working With The Hands
New York, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.

Nonfiction.

1907

LITWORK

The Negro in the South
George W. Jacobs & Company

Nonfiction written with W. E. B. Du Bois.

1911

OTHER

Mr. Washington owned a house, still standing, near Cousins Avenue, Fort Salonga, Northport, New York, where he spent several summers beginning in 1911.

1915

DEATH

Booker T. Washington died in Tuskagee, Alabama, on November 14, 1915.

1915

INTERMENT

Booker T. Washington was interred at Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama.

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