The Booker Washington Trilogy

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The Booker Washington Trilogy is a sequence of poems by Vachel Lindsay that reflects on the life, legacy, and racial uplift philosophy of African American leader Booker T. Washington.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetry cycle
about African American leadership
legacy of Booker T. Washington
life of Booker T. Washington
race relations in the United States
racial uplift philosophy
author Vachel Lindsay NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Vachel Lindsay NERFINISHED
depicts Booker T. Washington as a racial leader
focusesOn African American progress
education as a means of uplift
racial uplift
genre American poetry
hasAuthorEthnicity white American
hasPart poem about Booker T. Washington’s legacy
poem about Booker T. Washington’s life
poem about racial uplift
hasPerspective white reformist viewpoint on Black leadership
inspiredBy Booker T. Washington NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm poetry
literaryMovement American modern poetry (early phase)
mainSubject Booker T. Washington NERFINISHED
movement early 20th-century American literature
period early 20th century
portrays Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist strategy
Booker T. Washington’s emphasis on industrial education
Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of self-help

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