heir own basic necessities. It was aconstantly ongoing process of raising more money and building more buildings toaccommodate the raising number to students at Tuskgee was teaching.One of Bookers most well know speeches was given at the AtlantaExposition. For the first time ever he had a mixed audience of white northernersand southerners as well as blacks. After he had finished his speech all the mencongratulated him and shook his hand. This speech enlarged Washington'sinfluence into the area of race relations and black leadership. Washingtonencouraged black progress in economic and educational opportunity. I strongly agree with what Booker T. Washington believed in and all theaccomplishments that he had made throughout his life time. I believe that he isone of the most well know civil rights leaders for African American people in theUnited States today. Booker was a one of a kind man in his life time. If I wereto have been alive in his time I would have been one of his supporters. Booker, in my eyes, was a man not afraid of failure, he pushed to reachhis goals for all people of the African American race. He did not want anythinggiven to him on a platter just because he was black but he wanted to earn it justlike any other man would have to do. He wanted equal rights but also believedthat blacks would also have to be equally educated. His speeches not onlyattracted the black people but also, northern and southern white people. Bookerworked hard for all that he achieved during his life time. People all over werefollowers of Booker T. Washington. One example of how much these followersappreciated Washington is through raising money for a trip to Europe. Not justanyone went to Europe in those days. The trip showed how much the peopleappreciated Booker’s efforts for civil rights and education of blacks. They senthim and his wife away for three months of strictly relaxation. I believe that this is a very inspira...
