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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 3370800, member: 17073&quot;]Here is a little history about the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial:</p><p><br /></p><p>THE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL</p><p><br /></p><p>Established in Franklin County, Va., near Hales Ford to perpetuate his ideals and teachings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nearly 65 years ago Booker T. Washington made an exhaustive study of the special needs of his race and worked out a program by which he hoped to raise the masses of people to the American standard of life. He instituted several movements to put his program into effect—movements that wee national in scope and which sought to carry help to those of his people who could not hope to receive formal training in the school which he founded—Tuskegee Institute. He lived sufficiently long to prove to the world that a great deal of good can be brought to our American way of life by putting into effect the things which he advocated, particularly the need for glorifying and dignifying labor and putting brains and skill into the ordinary occupations of life. Unfortunately, Booker T. Washington passed on before the public generally grasped the significance of his efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial has been established by a group of individuals who believe strongly in his philosophy and have dedicated themselves to the furtherance of the ideals to which he gave his life—attempting to help the man farthest down. The work of Booker T. Washington’ Birthplace Memorial will be to assist the masses of Negro’s to become proficient in those qualities and virtues without which they can never become strong Americans—qualities such as dependability, cleanliness, honesty, efficiency, loyalty, self-control, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because inspiration and ideals for a strong part of the life of any people, the birthplace of Booker T. Washington in Franklin County, Va., will be developed into a ‘living breathing’ memorial that will actually contribute to the welfare of those Americans by making possible to them a program that will show them the way to make of themselves the kind of Americans that will help to make our country strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>This program through a trained, efficient group of workers, through simple literature, through radio programs, through many channels, will reach the farmer, the man on the job, the boy who has not had a chance at education, the girl in the laundry, etc., and bring to them the common-sense, fundamental teachings of this great leader.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/BTW/BTW%20House%20as%20small%20boy.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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