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Booker T. Washington - Alabama Legislature Letter
January 29, 1907
On stationery of "The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" to Rev. Charles T. Russell, Weston, Mass. In full:
"I have delayed writing you in regard to speaking at Weston for the reason that I have found myself unable so far to state a
definite date for my going North. The Alabama state legislature is in session, and whenever that is true there are many matters that are likely to come up almost ay (sic) day that concern the interests of this institution. I think the legislature will adjourn within a few days, and then I shall write you definitely about coming to Weston."
Washington, who established The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1881, served as its Principal until his death in 1915. He had a superior reputation, and often traveled to speak and raise funds to pay the $50 teaching fee per student and expand Tuskegee from a one-room school into a renowned university with more than 100 buildings and 1,500 students.
His autobiography, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901.
"I have delayed writing you in regard to speaking at Weston for the reason that I have found myself unable so far to state a
definite date for my going North. The Alabama state legislature is in session, and whenever that is true there are many matters that are likely to come up almost ay (sic) day that concern the interests of this institution. I think the legislature will adjourn within a few days, and then I shall write you definitely about coming to Weston."
Washington, who established The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1881, served as its Principal until his death in 1915. He had a superior reputation, and often traveled to speak and raise funds to pay the $50 teaching fee per student and expand Tuskegee from a one-room school into a renowned university with more than 100 buildings and 1,500 students.
His autobiography, Up From Slavery, was published in 1901.
