ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – The state’s Booker T. Washington Commemorative Commission held a meeting Tuesday to discuss plans for a new monument.
Franklin County is where Booker T. Washington was born and is the home of his national monument.
Booker T. Washington is known for being the founder of the now-Tuskegee University, delivering the Atlanta Compromise speech that advocated for economic self-sufficiency and being a prominent figure in the African American community…