Discovering YOU Magazine January 2026 Issue | Page 46

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A Biography of Booker T. Washington

Article by Michael Joseph Lynch

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subjects in school, and I am hoping the education system starts embracing these great individuals from the past.

Early Life and Family

Anyway, Booker Taliaferro Washington was an  educator, author  an d orator who became an  influential leader and spokes-

In this article I will be talking about an influential person back in the 1800s for the African American community, where I was taught about this person and other historical figures like himself in high school, while growing up in the 60s and 70s that I learned about. History and Geography were both my 2 favorite