Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
May 31, 1982
32 min
NR
✓ Released 16130 days ago
Documentary
About
Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Uses historic photographs, re-created vignettes, and interviews with contemporaries such as W.E.B. DuBois to present Washington's complex personality and his influence on southern life after the Civil War. Also examines his controversial policies of Black economic self-reliance and political accommodation
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: William Greaves
Runtime: 32 min
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