Booker T. Washington, a prominent Black leader and first head of the Tuskegee Institute, advocated for African Americans to become proficient in agriculture, mechanics, commerce, and domestic service, dismissing social equality agitation as “folly.”
Booker T. Washington, a prominent Black leader and first head of the Tuskegee Institute, advocated for African Americans to become proficient in agriculture, mechanics, commerce, and domestic service, dismissing social equality agitation as “folly.”
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