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HAMPTON INSTITUTE Hampton Institute, located near Norfolk, Virginia, is one of the traditionally black colleges and universities in the United States. Originally founded to educate African-American students, these institutions continue to mainly serve the needs of minority students. |
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One of the leading graduates of Hampton Institute was Booker T. Washington. He is memorialized on the campus with this statue and sign. |
| Booker T. Washington's statue stands in the
midst of a modern traditionally black university.
A strong supporter of education for African-Americans, Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute, a traditionally black college in Tuskegee, Alabama. |
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Booker T. Washington thought that American blacks
should find their proper place in a segregated society.
He believed blacks should work in agricultural and mechanical trades while remaining separated socially from the white majority. |
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By the time of the Civil Rights Movement of
the 1960s, Booker T. Washington was criticized for his "accommodationist"
views that accepted racial segregation.
Booker T. Washington, however, was living and working in the early 20th Century. It was a time when the races were strictly segregated. The white community, particularly in the American South, imposed severe penalties on those who sought to end strict social separation of the races. |