Booker T. Washington Monument on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama depicts Book T. Washington, wearing a suit, lifting a veil off of the head of an shirtless African American man seated on an anvil and holding a book in his lap. The bottom of the monument states, "Booker T. Washington 1856-1915. He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education an industry." Benches are attached to either side of the base of the sculpture.
February 2, 1941 (air date)
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Stamped on the back, "From Quarles Studio, Tuskegee, Ala."
