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James Shikwati, Kenyan libertarian: Harmonized constitution must address productivity, wean Kenya off foreign aid http://tinyurl.com/yf6uzou about 5 hours ago from web
Armstrong Williams op-ed in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday: "Finding Gratitude In Difficult Times". http://tinyurl.com/yeljb3n #tcot 7:43 PM Nov 24th from web
Ol' Booker is down with agriculture. Is in-vitro meat (i.e., test-tube meat) the wave of the future? http://tinyurl.com/ykrazlr 5:06 PM Nov 23rd from web
A moderate & a conservative discuss Oprah Winfrey's influence and legacy, now that her show will end in 2011: http://tinyurl.com/yhb7mmc 1:09 PM Nov 23rd from web
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." - Booker T. Washington 8:08 AM Nov 23rd from web
RT @FredDouglassSon: Help pass this important #humantrafficking resolution by Dec 2nd: http://tinyurl.com/yewdnj6 9:53 PM Nov 22nd from web
Had folks heeded my focus on education and free enterprise, Detroit wouldn't be in its current state: http://tinyurl.com/y8esw6j #detroit 8:04 PM Nov 22nd from web
Two op-eds about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, pro and con. http://tinyurl.com/yg4gsud 7:03 PM Nov 22nd from web
Talent is in short supply @ American Music Awards. Have folks sing a capella, & ol' Booker knows almost all of them would sound a hot mess 6:06 PM Nov 22nd from web
Booker T. Washington biography by Raymond Smock, the 1st official historian of US House, is on holiday book list http://tinyurl.com/yjvact6 10:38 AM Nov 22nd from web
Nadra Enzi, a Republican activist who promotes crime prevention in Georgia: "Crime Isn't A Civil Right!" http://tinyurl.com/yz4rhho #gop 8:47 AM Nov 22nd from web
View The Booker T. Washington Papers online. Speeches, letters, images, and more: http://www.historycooperati... #tcot 5:05 PM Nov 21st from web
Community banking, where poor Tanzanians pool their resources, is helping people access credit & start businesses http://tinyurl.com/yhaoglj 2:28 PM Nov 20th from web
Are charter colleges an alternative to the problems of bureaucratic, central planning colleges? http://tinyurl.com/ygdgcf3 #tcot #education 10:23 AM Nov 20th from web
Pro and con perspectives on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's civilian trial in New York City: http://tinyurl.com/yldgqbk 8:04 PM Nov 19th from web
William Weston, sociology professor & moderate Democrat, vs. Marxist sociologists: "Marriage Isn't A Luxury Good" http://tinyurl.com/yblh7wj 5:46 PM Nov 19th from web
Black conservative bloggers on White House & black unemployment, as the NAACP asks: "where are the jobs?" http://tinyurl.com/y8hzdwj #tcot 3:43 PM Nov 19th from web
Charles Onyango-Obbo, Ugandan-born moderate: "To Get The Leaders We Deserve, We Must Grow The Seedlings" http://tinyurl.com/ylkf3gw #africa 1:05 PM Nov 19th from web
@ms_marketer Good to read that you like my book, UP FROM SLAVERY! Good luck with your class... 9:11 AM Nov 19th from web in reply to ms_marketer
@Moonchild75 Let's have character education (e.g., under school vouchers), & see how many parents choose it to reinforce home teachings. 8:50 PM Nov 18th from web

Name Booker T. Washington
Location Upstairs, Since 1915
Web http://www.booker...
Bio 1st president of Tuskegee University. Advocate of Negro (black) self-help & capitalism. Philanthropist. Orator. Best-selling author of Up From Slavery (1901)