Chronicles the life and achievements of Booker T. Washington, his three years at the Hampton Institute, and his founding of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Content Note
Boy on fire -- Childhood -- From student to teacher -- The road to Tuskegee -- Founding of Tuskegee and family life -- Washington's way -- "Cast down your bucket where you are" -- The deepening rift -- Race riots, NAACP, and Washington as victim -- Death and legacy.