Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington was the first African American whose likeness appeared on a United States postage stamp. Washington also was thus honored a quarter century after his death. In 1946 he also became the first black with his image on a coin, a 50-cent piece. The Tuskegee Institute, which Washington started at the age of 25, was the where the 10-cent stamps first were available. The educator's monument on its campus shows him lifting …showed first 75 words of 1147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1147 total…Grimké. Charles W. Chesnutt was widely acclaimed for his short stories. Paul Laurence Dunbar became famous as a lyric poet. Washington's autobiography 'Up from Slavery' (1901) won international acclaim. Washington received honorary degrees from Harvard University and Dartmouth College. Among his publications were 'Up from Slavery', his autobiography, and 'Frederick Douglass'. Married three times, he outlived his first two wives. He died on Nov. 14, 1915. In 1945 he was the first black elected to the Hall of Fame.