Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.
- Occupation
- educator, writer, autobiographer, pedagogue
- Position held
- civil rights advocate, president, head teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 5, 1856
- Died
- November 14, 1915
