When Booker T. Washington packed College Hall | WSU Insider | Washington State University
May 13, 2021 By Todd Mordhorst, Office of the Provost Washington State College was a collection of a dozen buildings on a hillside in Pullman, home to less than 900 students. But for one night in 1913, the campus was buzzing with activity. Booker T. Washington was in town. College Hall was packed to the brim, with folks outside clamoring to get in. Washington was born into slavery in Virginia and rose to prominence at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where he earned international acclaim f...
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