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African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
Also known as: Booker Taliaferro Washington, Booker Washington, Букер Вашингтон, بوكر تي واشنطن, 부커 T. 워싱턴, ブッカー・T・ワシントン
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- The Booker T. Washington papers (1972)
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- Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 11
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