See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Frederick Douglas Story.
Life Lesson #14 – Have a Greater Life.
Booker T. Washington was born in 1856. During his lifetime he helped thousands of people get a wonderful education and have a better life! Now, that having been said, it’s important to understand that Booker T. Washington was actually born into slavery! That means his whole family was extremely poor, and they had to work from early morning until late at night for people who always told them what to do and didn’t pay them. There was no opportunity for school or for learning to read.
Booker was actually only six years old when President Abraham Lincoln freed all of the slaves, but he still had to work very, very hard just like his older brother and sister. Sometimes he had to load heavy bags of corn on horses backs, he had to chop trees, and he even had to work down in a mine. Booker’s mother knew her son was very smart. One day, she found some old school books that had been thrown away and she hurried home with the treasure she had rescued. Booker was so proud to turn the ragged pages of an old spelling book. Now he could learn to read!
Because of his love of learning and his hard work, that young child named Booker T. Washington became a great teacher who was respected by the whole world! He became a HERO!
– Jim Lord