The Resume

(April 5, 1856-November 14, 1915)
Founder of the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
Wrote 'Up From Slavery (1901-Autobiography),' 'Tuskegee and Its People (1905),' 'The Life of Frederick Douglass (1907),' 'The Story of the Negro (1909)' and 'My Larger Education (1911)'

Why he might be annoying:

The T stands for 'Taliaferro.'
The Tuskegee Institute opened with one teacher and thirty pupils (July 4, 1881).
He warned African Americans not to be entranced by their newfound freedom.
He was sharply criticized by other black leaders, such as W. E. B. du Bois, who opposed Washington.
He had a nervous breakdown prior to his died.
He always used his middle initial 'T,' never known as Booker Washington (how pretentious!).
What kinda name is Booker?

Why he might not be annoying:

He was born a slave, but when he was nine, slavery was abolished.
Due to his family's poverty he did not receive a formal education.
He began work at nine for a salt furnace and later in a coal mine.
He enrolled in the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute at sixteen, working as a janitor to support himself.
He graduated in three years, returned home, and worked as a teacher for two years. He returned to school to study theology.
He educated Native Americans.
He invited George Washington Carver to join the faculty of Tuskegee Institute. Carver's scientific discoveries at Tuskegee improved griculture in the South.
He felt blacks would best gain equality by improving their economic situation through education, rather than by demanding equal rights.
He was awarded honorary doctorates by both Harvard University and Dartmouth College.
Reference: Tim Howard

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• City Namesakes
• Civil Rights Activists
• Hall of Fame for Great Americans (Ranked: 1945)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [U-Z]
• I Attended Dartmouth
• I Died in 1915 (Ranked: 59)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I was a Slave
• I was Home Schooled
• I Write Bildungsroman
• In Town for The World's Fair at the Columbian Exposition [1893-Chicago]
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 3)
• Names that are States
• Profiles 2751-3000 (Ranked: 2923)
• Teachers
• The My Hero Project

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 134 Votes: 53.73% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 169 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 20.69% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 51 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 40 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 89 Votes: 37.08% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 242 Votes: 43.39% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 188 Votes: 40.96% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 547 Votes: 42.78% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 575 Votes: 41.22% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 732 Votes: 42.35% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1900 Votes: 37.37% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 197 Votes: 31.47% Annoying