Booker T. Washington Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA as Booker Taliaferro Washington. He was an actor, known for By Right of Birth (1921) and In the Hour of Chaos (2015). He was married to Margaret James Murray, Olivia Davidson and Fanny Norton Smith. He died on November 14, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA.
Portia M. Washington, Booker T. Washington Jr., Ernest Davidson Washington
Parents
Washington Ferguson, Jane Ferguson
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
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Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him." "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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Fact
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Credited with founding Tuskegee Institute in 1881.
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Was the first African-American to dine in the White House, on October 16, 1901.
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Took the name Washington from Washington Ferguson, his stepfather.
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Educator
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Pictured on the 10¢ US postage stamp in the Famous American/Educators series, issued 7 April 1940.