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Tuskegee Institute and Its President

M. B. Thrasher · 1899

An 1899 magazine article describing Tuskegee Institute and the leadership methods of its principal, Booker T. Washington.

This contemporary article describes Tuskegee Institute and Washington's leadership while he was actively running it.

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What it is

This is an article titled 'Tuskegee Institute and Its President,' written by M. B. Thrasher and published in Popular Science Monthly in 1899. It describes the town of Tuskegee, Alabama, and the school Washington built there.

Why it matters

Written while Washington was actively leading Tuskegee, this contemporary magazine piece shows how outside observers saw his work and the scale of the institution he created, which the article notes was the largest school for Black Americans run by Black Americans in the country.

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  • What does the author's description of Tuskegee's size and reputation suggest about its importance?
  • How might the author's outside perspective differ from how Washington or his students described the school?
  • What details about daily life at Tuskegee does this article include, and what might it leave out?

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