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The Tuskegee institute was opened on July 4, 1881. The institute was formed because a former slave owner named George Campbell; and a former slave named Lewis Adams. The article states, “What would Adams want, Foster asked, in exchange for his (Adams) securing the black vote for him (Foster). Adams could well have asked for money, secured the support of blacks voters and life would have gone on as usual. But he didn’t. Instead, Adams told Foster he wanted an educational institution - a school - for his people. Col. Foster carried out his promise and with the assistance of his colleague in the House of Representatives, Arthur L. Brooks, legislation was passed for the establishment of a Negro Normal School in Tuskegee” (Tuskegee University). …show more content…

Booker T. Washington was a founder of the Tuskegee University, and the principal of Tuskegee University from 1881 to 1915. While the University was under his care he was recognized for his skill with fundraising and organizing; he also got the University to have institutional dependence in 1892 (Tuskegee University). Dr. Washington died at the age of 59 in 1915. With Dr. Washington’s death, a new president had to be chosen for the Tuskegee University; this man’s name was Robert R. Moton. Dr. Moton had helped in the creation of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital; as the article states, “Robert R. Moton was president of Tuskegee from 1915 to 1935. Under his leadership, the Tuskegee Veteran’s Administration Hospital was created on land donated by the Institute. The Tuskegee V.A. Hospital, opened in 1923, was the first and only staffed by Black professionals. Dr. Moton was succeeded in 1935 by Dr. Frederick D. Patterson. Dr. Patterson oversaw the establishment of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee. Today, nearly 75 percent of Black veterinarians in America are Tuskegee graduates” (Tuskegee

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