{"id":2034,"date":"2013-01-10T15:13:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T22:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2013-01-10T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T22:13:38","slug":"washington-booker-taliaferro-1859-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2034","title":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO, 1859-1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Teacher; college founder; advocate and spokesman for racial advancement.  Born&#8211; 1859 near Hale&#8217;s Ford, Franklin County, Va.  Married&#8211;  Fannie N. Smith in 1882.   Children&#8211;  One.  Married&#8211;  Olivia A. Davidson in 1889.  Children&#8211;  Two.  Married&#8211;  Margaret James Murray, October 12, 1893.  Education&#8211;  Hampton Institute, 1875.  Taught in West Virginia, then at Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; and at Hampton Institute.  Head, Tuskegee Institute, 1884-1915.  Awarded Honorary A.M., Harvard University, 1896; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1901. Died November 14, 1915.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, National Cyclopedia of American Biography online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Black Belt Diamonds;  Gems from the Speeches&#8230;  New York;  Fortune &amp; Scott,                      1969.<\/p>\n<p>Character Building, Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee      Institute.  New York;  Haskel House, 1902.<\/p>\n<p>Education of the Negro.  Albany, N.Y.;  J. B. Lyons Co., 1904.<\/p>\n<p>Frederick Douglass.  Philadelphia;  G. W. Jacobs &amp; Co., 1907.<\/p>\n<p>The Future of the American Negro.  Boston;  Small, Maynard &amp; Co., 1899.<\/p>\n<p>The Man Farthest Down.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1912.<\/p>\n<p>My Larger Education.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1911.<\/p>\n<p>The Negro in Business.  Boston;  Hertel, Jenkins &amp; Co., s.d.<\/p>\n<p>The Negro in the South;  His Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious      Development.  Philadelphia;  G. W. Jacobs &amp; Co., 1907.<\/p>\n<p>A New Negro for a New Century;  &#8230;. Chicago;  American Pub. House, 1909.<\/p>\n<p>Putting the Most into Life.  New York;  Crowell, 1906.<\/p>\n<p>Selected Speeches&#8230;.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1932.<\/p>\n<p>Sowing and Reaping.  Boston;  L.D. Page &amp; Co., 1900.<\/p>\n<p>The Story of My Life.  Napierville, Ill.;  J. L. Nichols &amp; Co., 1900.<\/p>\n<p>The Story of Slavery.  Chicago;  Hall and McCreary, 1913.<\/p>\n<p>The Story of the Negro;  Rise of the Race from Slavery.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1909.<\/p>\n<p>Up from Slavery;  an Autobiography.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1901.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the Hands; &#8230;.  Garden City, N.Y.;  Doubleday, 1904.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Teacher; college founder; advocate and spokesman for racial advancement. Born&#8211; 1859 near Hale&#8217;s Ford, Franklin County, Va. Married&#8211; Fannie N. Smith in 1882. Children&#8211; One. Married&#8211; Olivia A. Davidson in 1889. Children&#8211; Two. Married&#8211; Margaret James Murray, October 12, 1893. Education&#8211; Hampton Institute, 1875. 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