Booker T. Washington: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Louis R. Harlan, Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856–1901 (1972), and Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901–1915 (1983); Stephen Mansfield, Then Darkness Fled: The Liberating Wisdom of Booker T. Washington (1999); Robert J. Norrell, Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington (2009).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Nov 10, 2026
Invalidated site: Annenberg Learner - Booker T. Washington (c. 1856-1915). Oct 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Tuskegee University - Booker T. Washington. Aug 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbooks - The Souls of Black Folk - Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others. Jul 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 01, 2026
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Booker T. Washington Birthplace. Mar 23, 2026
Add new Web site: NPS History Electronic Library and Archive - A Man for the Times. Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865-Present - Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). Oct 10, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Legacy Of Booker T. Washington Revisited. Jul 19, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Booker T. Washington. Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Liverpool - Booker T. Washington. Dec 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana University Pressbooks - Giving and Volunteering in America - Booker T. Washington � Up from Slavery, Raising Money. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Annenberg Learner - Booker T. Washington (c. 1856-1915). Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Social Welfare History Project - Booker Taliaferro Washington. Aug 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Tuskegee University - Booker T. Washington. Jun 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 15, 2024
Media added. Feb 23, 2021
Corrected display issue. Sep 10, 2020
Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. Jul 24, 2020
Corrected display issue. Oct 16, 2019
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Booker T. Washington. Feb 19, 2017
Added cross-references. Feb 16, 2017
Bibliography revised. Feb 16, 2017
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - Booker T. Washington. Sep 13, 2016
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Booker T Washington National Monument Virginia - Booker T. Washington. Sep 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Biography of Booker T. Washington. Sep 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Black History Now - Biography of Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Booker T. Washington. May 22, 2014
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Booker T. Washington (1856�1915). May 22, 2014
Added photographs. Mar 29, 2011
Added new Web site: National Park Service - Booker T. Washington National Monument. Oct 04, 2006
Added new Web site: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker Taliaferro Washington. May 10, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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