Booker T. Washington at Mound Bayou

Booker T. Washington speaks to a crowd at the dedication of a cotton seed mill, Mound Bayou, MS, 1912. Photograph by A.P. Bedou. Photograph courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives, A.P. Bedou Collection.

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Booker T. Washington was instrumental in the founding and growth of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-Black town incorporated by former enslaved people in 1887. Washington sat on the Mound Bayou Foundation, which helped attract businesses and donors to the area.

  • Date Created: 1912
  • Date Digitized: 04/24/2021
  • Creator: A.P. Bedou
  • Subject: Booker T. Washington; A.P. Bedou; Mound Bayou
  • Format: JPG
  • Source: black and white photograph
  • Publisher: Tuskegee University Archives
  • Rights Link: http://archive.tuskegee.edu/repository/copyright-information/