Race in the United States Through the Lens of Booker T. Washington

At the height of his career in the early 20th century, Booker T. Washington was considered the most famous African-American in the United States. Born into slavery, Washington founded Tuskegee Institute, wrote a best-selling book and dined with a president. This course will employ Washington’s ideas and life to explore the intersection of race and class in post-Civil War America.