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Tuskegee & Its People is a 1905 book edited by American educator Booker T Washington. Its full title is Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements. It has been printed in various editions and is available for study online via Project Gutenberg. [1]

The book was instrumental in promoting the cause of the Tuskegee Institute, and ensuring its continued support from Northern philanthropy. [2] It discussed the types of vocational training available at the school [3] and described the social benefits of educating Black Americans. [4]

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  1. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28087 Gutenberg site reference
  2. ^ Enck, Henry S. (October 1980). "Tuskegee Institute and Northern White Philanthropy: A Case Study in Fund Raising, 1900-1915". The Journal of Negro History. 65 (4): 338. doi: 10.2307/2716863. ISSN  0022-2992. JSTOR  2716863. S2CID  149741017 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Moton, Robert R. (2013). "The Scope and Aim of Tuskegee Institute". Journal of Educational Sociology. 7 (3): 151–156. doi: 10.2307/2961630. ISSN  0885-3525. JSTOR  2961630 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Gardner, Booker T. (1975). "The Educational Contributions of Booker T. Washington". The Journal of Negro Education. 44 (4): 502–518. doi: 10.2307/2966635. JSTOR  2966635 – via JSTOR.