779078 Residence of Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, c.1906 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Booker Taliaferro Washington (c.??856-1915) American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Born into slavery, the dominant leader in the African-American community 1890-1915. Founded in 1881 as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers, he was the first leader of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, the historically black teachers\' college in Alabama.); American, out of copyright.