In his new book, "Teddy and Booker T: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality," Brian Kilmeade writes of how Theodore Roosevelt invited intellectual and former slave Book T ...

The Franklin County native was born into slavery and rose to become a prominent figure for African American education.

I do not believe that many Northern gentlemen would hesitate about dining in the same room or at the same table with Booker Taliaferro Washington, LL. D.—in fact, many of them would consider it ...

ROOSEVELT TRIUMPH THROUGH EAST SIDE; Great Throngs Crowd About His Carriage Despite Police. WILD CHEERS FOR "TEDDY!" " The People's Friend" and Like Slogans -- Off for Washington After a Dinner in ...

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 on James and ... “He was the first African American to have dinner at the White House with President Theodore Roosevelt and advise on federal ...