Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903) Booker T. Washington, born enslaved in Virginia in 1856, founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881 and became a leading advocate of African American progress. Introduced as “a representative of Negro enterprise and Negro civilization,” Washington delivered the following remarks, sometimes called the … Continue reading Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903)