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Side-by-side black-and-white portraits of W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Du Bois (left) wears a suit and tie and has a mustache and goatee, looking slightly toward the camera. Washington (right) wears a suit and bow tie, facing forward with a serious expression against a plain studio background.
The Early Histories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part IV: W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Great Debate
W. E. B. Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1868. He died ninety-five years later in Accra, Ghana in 1963. During his long life he rose rapidly to become and remain a powerful...
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Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated at desk. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The Early Histories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part III: Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born April 5, 1856 in Virginia the son of an enslaved woman named Jane who later, after emancipation, was able to reunite with her husband, Washington Ferguson, in...
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Aerial view of a large red-brick historic building, Jubilee Hall at Fisk University, with a steep slate roof, ornate dormer windows, and a tall central spire rising above a white belfry. The building is surrounded by trees, with a distant landscape and clear blue sky in the background.
The Early Histories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part II: Fisk University and the Jubilee Singers
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee opened on January 9, 1866 more than year before Howard University. While Howard was beset by controversy from its beginning, Fisk seems to have had a...
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Wide daytime photograph of a Howard University building, a large red-brick institutional building with white trim and a central clock tower topped by a dome. The building sits on a landscaped lawn with trees and shrubs under a clear blue sky, suggesting a historic school or government campus.
The Early Histories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part 1: Howard University
“This institution bids fair to do great good.” — New York Evening Post (1867) Historically Black Colleges and Universities, commonly referred to as HBCUs, have graduated tens of thousands of men and...
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