Booker T. Washington addressing a laughing crowd of African American men in Lakeland, Tennessee, during his campaign promoting African American education. Ca. 1900.
President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) and dignitaries during Decoration Day (Memorial Day) ceremonies in 1910.
President Theodore Roosevelt speaking to an audience which includes several African Americans. TR leans over the back of a railroad car in 1907 to emphasize important statement. Unidentified location
Theodore Roosevelt campaigning for President in New Jersey June or August, 1912. Whether his destination was the Republican Convention of June or the Progressive Convention of August is not defined by
Theodore Roosevelt campaigning for President in New Jersey, June or August, 1912. TR gestures from a simple speakers platform, with a reporter taking notes below
President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), speaking to an outdoors audience in 1906.
Listening to Booker T. Washington. African American men, women, and families with children, make up an audience in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ca. 1905.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), African American educator and leader. Ca. 1900.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), writing at his desk. His autobiography, UP FROM SLAVERY, 1901, was a best seller.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), standing on a stage in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1912.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), ca. 1885.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), was born a slave in 1856, and worked as a janitor while attending college education at the Hampton Institute in Virginia (1872). 1906.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), speaking on a raised platform in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. 1912 photo by Arthur P. Bedou.
Booker T. Washington, detail of the print, 'Afro-American Monument'. chromolithograph ca. 1897.