Only daughter of famed Black educator Booker T. Washington and Fanny (Smith) Washington. She was the first child born on the campus of Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute, which her father founded . From Wellesley (Mass.) College, she followed her love of music to the University of Berlin in Germany where she studied under a student of Franz Liszt. For 25 years she directed the Tuskegee choir and taught music in her home. One of her students was Dorothy James, wife of General Chappie James.
Only daughter of famed Black educator Booker T. Washington and Fanny (Smith) Washington. She was the first child born on the campus of Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute, which her father founded . From Wellesley (Mass.) College, she followed her love of music to the University of Berlin in Germany where she studied under a student of Franz Liszt. For 25 years she directed the Tuskegee choir and taught music in her home. One of her students was Dorothy James, wife of General Chappie James.
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