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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X81_huntington-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Built as a girls dormitory with funds donated by the widow of Collis P. Huntington, philanthropist, and president of the C & O (Chesapeake & Ohio) Railroad. Huntington Hall was designed by architect, Robert R. Taylor, the first African American gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X80_frederick-douglass-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
Named for Frederick Douglass, famed runaway slave, abolitionist and statesman. Douglass came to Tuskegee in 1892 and delivered the 11th Annual Commencement address in which he "urged economy, thrift and common sense." Those words of Douglass echoe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W30_119-westside-street-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
This two-story brick structure, built in 1870, is an example of the Italianate Style. Many of these buildings no longer exist, being replaced by later growth in downtown districts. The Italianate Style is distinguished by the large upper story arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2M_booker-t-washington-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
[Center]
He lifted the Veil of Ignorance
from his people and pointed
the way to progress through
education and industry
[Far left]
We shall prosper in proportion as we
learn to dignify and glorify labor
[Far right]
And out brain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2L_george-washington-carver-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
A life that stood out as a gospel of
self-forgetting service.
He could have added fortune to fame
but caring for neither he found happi-
ness and honor in being helpful to
the world.
The centre of his world was the South
where he was bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2E_tuskegee-chapel-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
. . . I always make it a rule to read a chapter [in the Bible] or a portion of a chapter in the morning, before beginning the work of the day.
—Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
The chapel, designed by Paul Rudolph and former Tuskege…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VYR_dorothy-hall-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
We also felt that we must not only teach the students how to prepare their food but how to serve and eat it properly. Booker T. Washington, The Story of My Life and Work
Hospitality continues to reign in this building as it has for decades. Stu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWE_lifting-the-veil-of-ignorance-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
In this sculpture by Charles Keck, Booker T. Washington lifts the veil of ignorance from the face of a former slave. The open book, plow, and anvil symbolize Washington's guiding principles of opening the path to education through agriculture and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWD_tuskegee-cemetery-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
More than 8,000 people, White and Colored, rich and poor, from the lowliest farm and the richest Fifth Avenue mansion crowded in and around the school chapel to pay homage [to Booker T. Washington].
—Baltimore Afro-American, November 20, 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWC_the-tuskegee-airmen-historical_Tuskegee-AL.html
The first African American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps were the public face of the Tuskegee Airmen. They made extraordinary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe during World War II. But their success was made possible by the…