Did You Know…Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington,

educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute, was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp on this

date in 1956.Washington became the first Black to be honored twice on a postage stamp.

 (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915)

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