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THIRTEEN - Two Thousand Miles For A Five Minute Speech
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Students who had no means of securing money to pay their way to Tuskegee began arriving in larger numbers. As a result, Booker instituted the same method he had learned at Hampton: he began a night school where these students would attend for two hours every day while working ten hours. Like Hampton, he ordered the money they earned put away toward their tuition for the following year. This was a good test for the backbone of the student. Was he interested in working as hard as could for the opportunity to learn? Booker learned that the method worked.
The Institute also was devoted to the idea that no student would be permitted entrance without doing manual labor and to experience the religious and spiritual side of life. The school never chose one religious denomination over another, but emphasized to the students how important the spiritual was.
In 1885, Booker married Olivia Davidson who continued her work at finding funding for the school. Unfortunately, she died in 1889 after giving Booker two sons: Booker Taliaferro, Jr., and Ernest Davidson Washington.
Booker examines at this point in his autobiography how he began his career in public speaking. It seems to have evolved after he went North with General Armstrong to speak to people who would be amenable to donating to Tuskegee. He was asked to deliver an address to........
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T. Washington’s speaking engagements eventually brought him opportunities to.......
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