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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. -Booker T. Washington, reformer, educator, and author (5 Apr 1856-1915)

Author and educator #BookerTWashington was born this day in 1856. #birthday #quotes

Today is the birthday of Booker T. Washington, a remarkable educator and leader who was born into slavery and rose to become the founder of Tuskegee University. He advocated for economic empowerment and self-reliance for African Americans in the post-Civil War era. He also wrote several books, including his autobiography Up from Slavery. #BookerTWashington #BlackHistory

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You may be aware that Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois had a difference of opinion in how Black America should move forward. This poem by Dudley Randall proposes how a discussion between them may have proceeded.

My first Mastodon Throw Back Thursday - suitably from 2008 when we used to throw back our Thursdays with the unburdened nostalgia of youth.

July 2008: Martin Puryear’s Lobby D. Ladder for Booker T. Washington, West Building Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others
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I will permit no man to narrow & degrade my soul by making me hate him
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