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Educator, speaker and former slave, Booker Taliaferro Washington made an impact on the lives of African Americans and Americans nationwide in his fight for equality among races; a fight he believed should be fought by providing education and employment to black workers. He saw an African American’s ability to earn an honest day’s wage as the means to eventually acquiring true equality and freedom.
“The wisest of my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremist folly and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than artificial forcing,” Washington once wrote. “The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than to spend a dollar in an opera house.”
Although Washington came under fire from W.E.B. DuBois and other African American leaders of the time for his conciliatory language to white< ... Read More
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2011-11-01
Oh, Christmas Tree! Five Christmas Tree Farms Within 50 Miles of Lynchburg
Nov / Dec 2011
2011-09-02
Founding Fathers’ Homes: Four Nearby Destinations that are Perfectly in Season
Sept / Oct 2011
2011-07-01
Trip Time! How to Save Your Sanity While Traveling with the Family
Jul / Aug 2011
2011-05-01
Lexington–Historic, Hip and Just up the Highway
May / Jun 2011
2011-03-22
Natural Bridge: One of the World’s Wonders in Our Backyard
Mar / Apr 2011
2011-01-11
Altavista: A “Hidden Jewel” Just Down the Road
Jan / Feb 2011
2010-11-15
Have Cheer, Will Travel: Christmas Town Lights Up Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Nov / Dec 2010
2010-09-09
Appomattox: Right up the Road, but a World Away
Sep / Oct 2010
2010-07-01
John H. Kerr Reservoir or Buggs Island Lake–By Any Name, It’s Fun!
Jul / Aug 2010
2010-04-30
The Greenbrier: Luxury is Right Up the Road
May / Jun 2010