Booker T. Washington as an influence on Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison fancies himself a Booker T. Washington, in potential, but he becomes despised in the same sort of way as Booker T., who use to ride first class railroad cars and hotels, promote the idea of segregation for the good of African-Americans but does not practice what he preaches. “For decades, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was the major African-American spokesman in the eyes of white America. Born a slave in Virginia, Washington was educated at Hampton Institute, Norfolk, Virginia. He began to work at the Tuskegee Institute in 1881 and built it into a center of learning and industrial and agricultural training. A handsome man and a forceful speaker, Washington was skilled at politics. Powerful and influential in both the black and whit
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Castle Washington, Battle Royal, Tuskegee Institute, Booker Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, John Rockefeller, America Born, Virginia Washington, Ralph Ellison, booker washington, railroad cars,
Approximate Word count = 508
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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