Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

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Synopsis

Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Uses historic photographs, re-created vignettes, and interviews with contemporaries such as W.E.B. DuBois to present Washington's complex personality and his influence on southern life after the Civil War. Also examines his controversial policies of Black economic self-reliance and political accommodation

Genre: Documentary

Status: Released

Director: William Greaves

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