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4 unusual facts about Tuskegee University


Coed Affiliates Pershing Rifles

Tuskegee University (Tuskegee Inst, AL) CAPER Company P-4 / Pershing Angels Company P-4-5

James Robinson Johnston

In 1908, Johnston suggested creating a preparatory agricultural and industrial school, along the lines of the Tuskegee School in the USA for young blacks.

Milan Williams

They were freshmen at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama and Williams was recruited into the newly formed band.

Voting rights in the United States

Booker T. Washington, better known for his public stance of trying to work within constraints at Tuskegee University, secretly helped fund and arrange representation for numerous legal challenges to disfranchisement.


Fairmount Heights, Maryland

Prominent architect William Sidney Pittman built his home on Eastern Avenue; his wife, Portia, was the daughter of Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute.


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