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Seated studio portrait of American educator, economist and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, early twentieth century. (Photo by Harris & Ewing/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Seated studio portrait of American educator, economist and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, early twentieth century. (Photo by Harris & Ewing/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

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Studio portrait of American educator, economist and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, wearing a bow tie, and facing the camera, early twentieth century. (Photo by Bain News Service/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Studio portrait of American educator, economist and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, wearing a bow tie, and facing the camera, early twentieth century. (Photo by Bain News Service/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

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Seated portrait of American educator, economist, and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, at his desk, early twentieth century. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Seated portrait of American educator, economist, and industrialist Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, at his desk, early twentieth century. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

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A picture of Booker T Washington (1856-1915), the African-American educationalist (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

A picture of Booker T Washington (1856-1915), the African-American educationalist  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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View of the coffin of American educator Booker T Washington, (1856 - 1915), president of the Tuskegee Institute, as it lies in state at the Tuskegee Institute chapel, November 1915. (Photo by Arthur P. Bedou/Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)

View of the coffin of American educator Booker T Washington, (1856 - 1915), president of the Tuskegee Institute, as it lies in state at the Tuskegee Institute chapel, November 1915. (Photo by Arthur P. Bedou/Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)