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
Budget
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Title
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Released
May 31, 1982
Rated
NR
Original Audio
English
Runtime
32m
Status
Released
