USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Washington’s autobiography, he first approached Andrew Carnegie to solicit funds to build a library for Tuskegee Institute in 1890, but was turned down. He contacted Carnegie again in December 1900 and this time managed to secure $20, 000 funding.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was committed to improving the lives of African-Americans after the Civil War. Washington advocated economic independence through self-help, hard work, and a practical education. His drive and vision built Tuskegee into a major African-American presence and place of learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was Chapman who would refer Washington for a role as principal of a new school for African Americans in Tuskegee, Alabama: The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, today’s Tuskegee University.

Detailed explanation-4: -Washington asked Rosenwald to serve on the Board of Directors of Tuskegee. Rosenwald agreed. In 1912, Rosenwald gave a small grant to the Tuskegee Institute so it could build six schools for Black students. Washington used the funds to build these schools in rural Alabama.

Detailed explanation-5: -The school opened July 4, 1881, in a shanty loaned by a Black church, Butler A.M.E. Zion. With money borrowed from Hampton Institute’s treasurer, Washington purchased an abandoned 100-acre plantation on the outskirts of Tuskegee.