Film
Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
1982 · 32m · Documentary
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Overview
Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Uses historic photographs, re-created vignettes, and interviews with contemporaries such as W.E.B. DuBois to present Washington's complex personality and his influence on southern life after the Civil War. Also examines his controversial policies of Black economic self-reliance and political accommodation
Crew
- William GreavesEditor · Producer · Writer · Director of Photography · Director
Details
- Release date
- May 31, 1982
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary
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