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Tuskegee Cemetery

Tuskegee, Alabama
· Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
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More than 8,000 people, White and Colored, rich and poor, from the lowliest farm and the richest Fifth Avenue mansion crowded in and around the school chapel to pay homage to Booker T. Washington on November 20, 1915. Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and several other former members of the Tuskegee faculty and staff and their families are buried in the school's cemetery, and the university president determines who is buried there.
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