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Birth
Booker T. Washington is born a slave on the Burroughs’ Plantation. -
Emancipation
The Civil War ends and Washington becomes one of the four million slaves to be emancipated. During the fall, Washington sets out for Malden, WV with his mother (Jane), and two siblings (brother, John and sister, Amanda) to start new life with stepfather, Washington Ferguson. -
Hampton
Washington leaves his home to attend the Hampton Institute. He graduated with honors in 1875. -
Wayland Seminary School
Washington spends 18 months studying in Washington D.C. at the Wayland Seminary School. -
Tuskegee
At age 25, Washington opens the Tuskegee Institute in an old church. -
First building
The first building of the Tuskegee Institute is built by the students with bricks they made themselves. -
Harvard
Washington is presented with an honorary degree from Harvard University.