Read full article: 160 years since Booker T. Washington’s emancipation honored in Franklin County this weekend This weekend, a historic milestone is being honored in Franklin County. The Booker T.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - It’s been 160 years since the emancipation of Booker T. Washington; a Franklin County native born into slavery, who became a monumental figure in African American ...

A book on the history of Booker T. Washington School was released Thursday at the Wichita County Archives. The information ...

WESTLAKE — Booker T. Washington National Monument continued its Juneteenth celebration Friday with programs detailing the famous orator and author’s life as well as the lives of other enslaved ...