Samuel C. Armstrong

As humans our species has a requirement for knowledge and we are a deeply curious in nature. This is how we have evolved and throughout time with new inventions and new ideals our primitive instincts changed some say for better and others say for the worst. Booker Taliaferro Washington helped African Americans gain the knowledge of literacy that was so long forbidden. Born to a cook for plantation and an ambiguous white man on April 5, 1856, he was just another face among a sea of discriminated

depicts the importance of self-made men, which was the idea that he pushed to African Americans to overcome their situation. PBS. PBS. Web. 30 Apr. 2016. Washington founded Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute after recommendation from General Samuel Armstrong. The school started off as a ramshackle building, but after support from reassured whites, it quickly grew. Washington was a hero, who became more famous and through his autobiography Up From Slavery. Washington founded the National Negro Business

give the commencement speech at the graduation ceremonies. It was here where he caught the attention of General Armstrong. Armstrong was the president of the Hampton Institute at the time, as well as the man put in charge of finding an educated white man to run the newly approved “colored” school in Tuskegee, Alabama, appropriately named the Tuskegee Institute, instead though General Armstrong chose Washington. “These gentlemen seemed to take it for granted that no colored man suitable for the position

Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery" The autobiography of Booker T. Washing titled Up From Slavery is a rich narrative of the man's life from slavery to one of the founders of the Tuskegee Institute. The book takes us through one of the most dynamic periods in this country's history, especially African Americans. I am very interested in the period following the Civil War and especially in the transformation of African Americans from slaves to freemen. Up From Slavery provides a great deal

The Nature of the Environment in the Making of Tuskegee (Introduction) According to the types of innovation environments defined during class, Tuskegee would fall under a turbulent environment. (DEFINE WHAT A TURBULENT EVI IS… IN NOTES) Tuskegee started a turbulent environment by creating educators who would lead initiatives at other institutions. Similar to how innovators such as Booker T Washington came from Hampton University to Alabama to create another institution. Need for Education

In his autobiography “Up from Slavery”, Booker T. Washington recalls instances throughout his life as both a slave and a free man where he worked to pursue an education. This was his ultimate goal and served as his motivation to work hard. Washington recounts his troublesome journey perusing an education, often times being homeless and foodless leading him to seek a part time job for very low wages in order to make it to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, a college for blacks located

He worked as a janitor there to support himself and pay his tuition, room, and board. At the Hampton Institute, Booker met General Armstrong, a white man and the principal of the Hampton Institute. Armstrong made a great impression on Booker. He writes: "a great man-the noblest, rarest human being that it has ever been my privilege to meet...part of that Christlike body of men and women who went into the Negro schools

he persevered and rose to success as the title of his autobiography, Up From Slavery, would suggest. He was a celebrated orator and well-respected voice of the African-American community, often meeting with leaders like General Samuel C. Armstrong and President Armstrong. This journey is one of struggle, but a hopefulness that ultimately builds him into the remembered and respected man he was. In the beginning of his life, he lived with the little family he had, his mother and brother, in a log

ukulele is a member of the lute family of instruments; meaning that the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table. Most people believe that the ukulele originated in Hawaii however, they actually had their first start in Portugal in 139 B. C in the Lusitania tribe. By the thirteenth century, four-string instruments were being used in Spain, when six-string instruments were introduced in the 1700s the popularity of chordophones exploded. (A chordophone is a musical instrument that makes sound

Throughout world history, there were many big events or wars occurred that changed countries and people's life. In America's history, there was one war had a significant influence on two races, it was American Civil War. American Civil War freed the Black people, and stopped the slavery system. But this was just the start of the change. The most important period was the Reconstruction period during 1865 to 1877. There were many things happened during Reconstruction. Some people against the Africa