The Autobiography of Mark Twain · Character
Booker T. Washington
Educator and civil rights leader, acquaintance of Twain.
minor
Also known as Washington, Booker Washington
First appearance: volume i january 9 1906
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Speaker at the Carnegie Hall meeting; founder of Tuskegee Institute; described as a mulatto with blue eyes.
Booker T. Washington first appears in 0037 volume i january 9 1906.
In Mark Twain: Speaker at the Carnegie Hall meeting; founder of Tuskegee Institute; described as a mulatto with blue eyes.
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See Booker T. Washington in volume i january 9 1906