Question

What educator was instrumental in making sure black children received an education in the South following the Civil War? Booker T. Washington Horace Mann William McGuffey W.E.B. Du Bois

Answer 1

Booker T. Washington

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Booker T. Washington.

The educator that was instrumental in making sure black children received an education in the South after the Civil War was Booker T. Washington.

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an educator and civil rights supported that was the founder President of Tuskegee University in Alabama. He was one of the most respected voices for the African Americans of those years. Washington was instrumental in making sure black children received an education in the South after the Civil War. He wrote important books on the subject of African American affairs such as “Up From Slavery” and “My Larger Education.”