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Summary: Booker T. Washington, African-American Educator
Review: Margo McLoone's juvenile biography of Booker T. Washington will introduce younger elementary school students to the famous African-American educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute. Readers will learn that Washington was born a slave, that the T in his name stands for Taliaferro, and that he rode a horse around Tuskegee Institute every day. The focus on this biography is clearly on Washington's beliefs about the value of education, that schools should combine learning and work training, and that education should lead to a job. Perhaps Washington's most notable accomplishment was hiring the noted scientist George Washington Carver to teach at Tuskegee. This book does deal with Washington's role as a spokesperson for African Americans including his famous 1895 speech "The Atlanta Compromise," where he argued that African Americans and whites should live separately. McLoone also talks about how W. E. B. Du Bois, another noted African-American educational leader, disagreed with Washington's ideas. If they have not already, students will one day learn about the disagreement between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X about how African Americans should respond to racism in America. Learning that Washington and Du Bois had a similar sort of disagreement at the turn of the last century will be quite useful in teaching that African Americans do not all believe the same thing any more than any other group you would care to mention. Students reading this book for Black History Month will find plenty of information about Washington and the Tuskegee Institute. This book is part of the Read and Discover Photo-Illustrated Biographies series, which looks at as many African-American leaders and educators as it does American Presidents.
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Summary: Booker T. Washington, African-American Educator
Review: Margo McLoone's juvenile biography of Booker T. Washington will introduce younger elementary school students to the famous African-American educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute. Readers will learn that Washington was born a slave, that the T in his name stands for Taliaferro, and that he rode a horse around Tuskegee Institute every day. The focus on this biography is clearly on Washington's beliefs about the value of education, that schools should combine learning and work training, and that education should lead to a job. Perhaps Washington's most notable accomplishment was hiring the noted scientist George Washington Carver to teach at Tuskegee. This book does deal with Washington's role as a spokesperson for African Americans including his famous 1895 speech "The Atlanta Compromise," where he argued that African Americans and whites should live separately. McLoone also talks about how W. E. B. Du Bois, another noted African-American educational leader, disagreed with Washington's ideas. If they have not already, students will one day learn about the disagreement between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X about how African Americans should respond to racism in America. Learning that Washington and Du Bois had a similar sort of disagreement at the turn of the last century will be quite useful in teaching that African Americans do not all believe the same thing any more than any other group you would care to mention. Students reading this book for Black History Month will find plenty of information about Washington and the Tuskegee Institute. This book is part of the Read and Discover Photo-Illustrated Biographies series, which looks at as many African-American leaders and educators as it does American Presidents.
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Summary: Booker T. Washington
Review: This is a good book for anyone looking for basic information on Booker T. Washington. The photos are well done, and the text is easy reading for early grade readers. While giving a good summary of Washington's life, including his childhood, this book does not go into the importance of many of his actions such as his speech in Atlanta (the Atlanta Compromise).
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Summary: Booker T. Washington
Review: This is a good book for anyone looking for basic information on Booker T. Washington. The photos are well done, and the text is easy reading for early grade readers. While giving a good summary of Washington's life, including his childhood, this book does not go into the importance of many of his actions such as his speech in Atlanta (the Atlanta Compromise).
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