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Booker T. Washington Founds Tuskegee Institute

Summary by American Urban Radio Networks
On July 4, 1881, Booker T. Washington — a formerly enslaved person turned pioneering educator — founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. With just 30 students and a one-room church as a classroom, Washington launched what would become one of the most iconic institutions in Black American history: Tuskegee University. As the school’s first principal, Washington emphasized self-reliance, vocational training, and B…
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American Urban Radio Networks broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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