"The last I heard of the young man in question, he was trying to eke out a miserable existence as a book agent while he was looking about for a position somewhere with the Government as a janitor or for some other equally humble occupation."
American educator, author, and orator who became a leading Black intellectual figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded the Tuskegee Institute and promoted industrial education. He was one of the most influential voices in U.S. education and civil society of his era.