Is compromise a sound strategy in the fight for justice, or must full rights be demanded immediately? Atlanta Compromise Last week, our Tuskegee Inspiration discussion series brought us to a pivotal moment in history: Booker T. Washington’s 1895 “Atlanta Compromise”…
How Small Habits Build Big Character In our morning Tuskegee Workshop, we explored one of the most unexpected yet famous rules Booker T. Washington instituted at Tuskegee Institute in 1881: The mandatory use of a toothbrush. Washington personally inspected dormitories…
Booker’s Broom Test In our daily Tuskegee Workshop, we explored a pivotal moment in history: Booker T. Washington’s 1872 entrance exam at Hampton Institute. Arriving disheveled and without tuition or transcripts after traveling over 500 miles, Washington was asked by…
A 17-year-old Canadian high school student has turned a fascination with magnetic liquid into an award winning solution for marine plastic pollution. Moroti Adegboyega, a Grade 12 student from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, invented Ecoferroquatics – an autonomous aquatic…