Booker T. Washington was a slave until he was freed ... “He was the first African American on a U.S. postage stamp and on a 50-cent coin. He wrote Up From Slavery. . . He started Tuskegee ...

Booker T. Washington was one of the most powerful African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century. Born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, the son of a white man who did not acknowledge him ...

Booker T. Washington's face graced a new series of 10-cent stamps featuring influential educators. Eight years later, George Washington Carver became the second African American honored.