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Booker T. Washington

African-american educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915).

Born April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford. [ref]

Died November 14th, 1915 at 59 years old in Tuskegee (cardiovascular disease). [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, businessperson, educator, human rights activist, pedagogue, politician, teacher, writer

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle