Black Fact= 1856 (April 5) – Booker T. Washington, educator, was born in Hale’s Ford, VA, on this date in 1856. Though born a slave, Washington founded Tuskegee Institute at age 25.
Black Fact = 1956 – Booker T. Washington, educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute, was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp on this date.
Washington became the first black person to be honored twice on a postage stamp.
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