November 28, 2003
The Tactical Life of Booker T. Washington
It is easy to envy Booker T. Washington. One of the most famous and respected men of his time -- white or black -- for 20 years he was the bellwether of progressive race relations in America, his opinions cited weekly in the national press. After his epochal address to the Atlanta Exposition in 1895, pundits proclaimed him Leader of His Race, the Wizard of Tuskegee. Rarely would he arrive in a city without reporters crowding the platform, begging for his observations on the events
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