Documentary · 1982 · 32m

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

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Cast

Crew

William Greaves — Director of Photography William Greaves — Editor William Greaves — Writer William Greaves — Producer

Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes

black history

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William Greaves Director William Greaves Director of Photography William Greaves Editor William Greaves Writer William Greaves Producer

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