| Show bohld T washington DEAD 0 E AD noted leader of negro race suffers nervous breakdown Tusk tuskegee egeo ala booker T washington foremost teacher and leader of the negro race died early sund sunday ay at his bis home here ne arthe near the tuskegee institute of which he was founder and president hardening ot of the arteries following a nervous breakdown caused death four hours after dr washington arrived from new york doctor washington was born in slavery near li Hale alesford stord va in 1857 or after the emancipation of hla his race ho he moved with his family to west virginia when he was able to scrape crapo together sufficient money to pay his stage coach faro fare to hampton IIan ipton va he entered general armstrongs school for negroes and worked his way through an academic course graduating in later he be became abc a teacher I 1 in the llam hampton institute e where lie ho remained until itil 1881 when ho he organized the industrial du school for negroes at tuskegee to which he devoted most of his attention during the remaining years of his life the institute started in a rented shanty church today it owns acres of land in alabama and has nearly ilmis valued at |
