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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, who encouraged African Americans to learn trades in order to achieve equality?

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Booker T. Washington

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In 1881, he founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama (now known as Tuskegee University). It grew into a huge success and he focused on training African Americans in agricultural pursuits.

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