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Today's lesson is all about Booker T. Washington. Turns out Booker was willing to walk 500 miles to get to school. Not every day of course. That'd be a little strenuous.
Transcript
- 00:04
[Coop and Dino singing]
- 00:13
Booker T. Washington was born a slave… … but he had big dreams of learning to read [Booker T Washington outside a mansion]
- 00:18
and write.
- 00:18
Yeah…your big dreams might be to become president or go into space…
- 00:21
… but for a slave, being able to get through a Judy Blume novel was pretty much the pinnacle. [An astronaut floating in space]
Full Transcript
- 00:25
Anyway, after Washington was granted his freedom – Score! - he started to work in the coal
- 00:30
mines during the day… and go to school in the evenings. [Washington in a classroom on an evening]
- 00:33
His love for learning continued to grow.
- 00:35
He was uber-hungry for knowledge.
- 00:37
And for biscuits and gravy, but who wouldn’t be? [Washington sat with a plate of biscuits and gravy]
- 00:39
Just look at that stuff…
- 00:40
Washington heard about the Hampton Institute and immediately knew he wanted to go there.
- 00:44
He left his home to attend the school, walking over 500 miles to get there. [Washington walking]
- 00:48
Not…every day, of course.
- 00:49
No matter what tall tale he told his grandkids…
- 00:52
Washington ran out of money on his way to the Institute…
- 00:55
…so he had to work and earn some cashola before he could attend. [Washington working in a fast-food store]
- 00:58
He finally had enough money saved up to get started at the school…
- 01:01
…but funds soon ran dry, and he had to begin working as a janitor to pay his way. [Washington mopping the floor in a school]
- 01:05
That’s one way to clean up your act.
- 01:06
Eventually, Washington graduated with honors, and became a teacher.
- 01:10
He founded the Tuskegee Institute, a black college in Alabama.
- 01:13
Washington worked hard during his life to fight for the rights of African Americans
- 01:17
and students just like him. [Washington giving a speech]
- 01:18
So that, today, they can dream a bit bigger than just…
- 01:20
...being able to write out a grocery shopping list… [Washington as a slave outside a mansion]
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