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Birth
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Began School at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Was only 16 years old -
Graduates Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Graduated with honors -
Attended Wayland Seminary
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Chose Not to Follow Ministry
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Invited Back to the Hampton Institute
Taught night classes and watched over the dormitory for Indian boys -
Moved to Tuskegee to help build a new Negro school
he convinced the people wanting to build the school to choose him to be principal and run the school when they asked him to recommend a white man to be principal over the school -
Formed Tuskegee Negro Conferences
sought solutions for impoverished black farmers through crop diversity and education -
Helped form The National Negro Business League
gave encouragement to black enterprises and publicized their successes -
Death