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Bert Williams has done more for the race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts. I have been obliged to fight my way.

— Booker T. Washington on Bert Williams

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Booker T. Washington

About Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).