Booker T. Washington PSA NM 7 Cut Signature as Principal
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Booker T. Washington PSA NM 7 Cut Signature as Principal
A document fragment signed by Black educator and activist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) as "Booker T. Washington" above the handwritten word "Principal". Measuring 1.6125" x 5.75", no place, undated. Lightly toned, with flattened vertical crease present at middle. Very good. PSA slabbed and graded NM 7, measuring 4.5" x 9.5" overall.
Booker T. Washington was born a Virginia slave in 1856. He showed considerable academic promise and worked his way through college. In 1881, the 25-year-old Washington was appointed head of what would become one of the most important historically black colleges in the United States, Alabama's Tuskegee Institute. Under Washington's 34-year-long tenure at Tuskegee, the teacher's college raised a huge endowment and produced thousands of highly qualified black instructors.
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