Booker T. Washington was probably the most influential black leader of his time. He was a very popular, and sometimes controversial, educator and reformer. Responsible for the success and growth of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Washington was the model of black self-improvement through education. These popular 14-page, Biography Funbooks include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. These Biography Funbooks will engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group-reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses.