America, the Land of the Free

The Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was a "historically Black university... founded by African-American educator Booker T. Washington." This univeristy was well-known because of its "strong emphasis on industrial education as a way for the black emerging from slavery to gain an economic foothold." He noticed that the leaders of the American indutry were giving jobs to the immigrants that entered the country between 1890 and 1920 instead of the African-American ex-slaves. Washington's bucket concept reminds me of Macon Bacon. Or Macon Dead. Hahaha I was so not paying attention. This concept creates a marked difference between races and in these, between the wealthy and the poor. Without the help of the White after they were granted freedom, many African-Americans strived to improve their lifestyles. This is how people like Macon Dead appeared.