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One of the most recognized national leaders, orators and educators, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) emerged from slavery in the deep south to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period, founding the National Negro Business League and playing a significant role in black politics with support from the black community in the South as well as from more liberal whites.
More than one hundred years later, Washington's story is as powerful as it ever was with its call for Black progress through education and entrepreneurship