Washington by Charles AlstonĬalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angelesġ0,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT) His legacy continues at Tuskegee University.SS Booker T. When Washington passes, Tuskegee Institute has grown to have more than 100 buildings, a faculty of 200 (offering instruction in 40 trades and professions), and an endowment of $2 million. Washington and Others in his landmark book, The Souls of Black Folk.ġ909 – Du Bois helps found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).ġ915 – March – Washington sponsors National Negro Health Week, which was designed to bring money and energies to bear on issues of sanitation, hygiene, and disease prevention among the poor.ġ915 – November 14 – Washington dies at home in Tuskegee, Alabama. Du Bois’ becomes Washington’s best known critic after publishing his essay, Of Mr. ![]() Du Bois.ġ901 – March – Washington’s most successful autobiography, Up from Slavery, is published.ġ901 – July 16 – Controversy arises after Washington dines at the White House while consulting President Theodore Roosevelt about political appointments in the South.ġ903 – W.E.B. Washington Jr.ġ889 – Olivia Washington gives birth to Washington’s second son, Ernest Davidson Washington.ġ889 – May 9 – Olivia Washington dies from injuries she suffered during a fire that broke out in the Washington home.ġ893 – Washington marries Margaret James Murray who had been Lady Principal of Tuskegee Institute for two years.ġ895 – September 18 – Washington delivers The Atlanta Address at the Cotton States and International Exposition, urging citizens of both races to work together toward social peace.ġ896 – June 24 – Washington is presented with an honorary degree from Harvard University.ġ899 – ‘ The Oaks,’ Washington’s Tuskegee residence, is built by the school’s students and faculty with materials produced on campus.ġ900 – The Story of My Life and Work, Washington’s firstthe autobiography, is published.ġ900 – Washington founds the National Negro Business League an idea appropriated by W.E.B. at the Wayland Seminary School.ġ879 – 1881 – Washington teaches at the Hampton Institute, while being dorm father to 50 Native Americanstudents.ġ881 – May – When asked for a teacher to head a school in Tuskegee, Alabama, General Armstrong recommends Washington for the job.ġ881 – July 4 – At age 25, Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute in an old church.ġ882 – The first building of the Tuskegee Institute is built by the students with bricks they made themselves.ġ882 – Washington marries his home-town sweetheart, from Malden, WV, Fannie Norton Smith.ġ883 – Fannie Washington gives birth to Washington’s first child, Portia Washington.ġ884 – Fannie Washington dies, possibly from injuries suffered in a fall from a wagon.ġ885 – Washington marries his colleague, a teacher and Lady Principal at The Tuskegee Institute, Olivia America Davidson.ġ887 – Olivia Washington gives birth to Washington’s first son, Booker T. During the fall, Washington sets out for Malden, WV with his mother (Jane), and two siblings (brother, John and sister, Amanda) to start new life with stepfather, Washington Ferguson.ġ865 – 1871 – Washington works in the salt and coal mines in Malden while attending school, for the first time, in the evenings.ġ872 – Washington leaves his home to attend the Hampton Institute.ġ875 – Washington graduates from the Hampton Institute with honors.ġ875 – 1877 – Washington teaches school, in his hometown of Malden, WV, while helping his brothers (John, and adopted brother James) pay their tuition for the Hampton Institute.ġ878 – Washington spends 18 months studying in Washington D.C. His value is $400.00.ġ865 – The Civil War ends and Washington becomes one of the four million slaves to be emancipated. Washington is born a slave on the Burroughs’ Plantation.ġ861 – Washington’s name appears on Burroughs’ property inventory.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |