Doing the Work: Continuing the Legacy of the Dr. Booker T. Washington Community Building Program

2021 Juneteenth Celebration

Doing The Work: Continuing the Legacy of the Booker T. Washington Community Building program Presented by: Dr. Kwesi Daniels Tuskegee University Department Head of Architecture

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

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TUSKEGEE ARCHITECTS- [OUR PIONEERS]

OUR history motivates and guides our social engagement…

ROBERT R. TAYLOR

WALLACE RAYFIELD

WILLIAM S. PITTMAN

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1st African-American graduate of MIT and Architecture 1892

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Graduated from Tuskegee • Institute in 1897

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1st African-American firm partnership with Louis Persley, the1st licensed AfricanAmerican architect in Georgia.)

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1st African-American architect to obtain a federal commission in 1907 - Negro Exposition • Building at the Jamestown Tricentennial Exposition

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Designed over 30 Tuskegee Institute buildings

Educated at Pratt Institute and Columbia University in 1899.

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2nd formally trained African-American architect in the US

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Former director of the Architectural and Mechanical Drawing Department at Tuskegee

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Designed 16th Street Baptist Church and most of Black Birmingham

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1st African American to practice architecture in Texas 1st African American to design a YMCA building

WALTER T. BAILEY

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JOHN A. LANKFORD

1st African American graduate with a degree in architectural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Studied Architecture at Tuskegee Institute

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Earned several Masters degrees, a law degree, and numerous honorary degrees

1st licensed AfricanAmerican architect in the state of Illinois.

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1st African-American architect in the U.S. with an established architectural office.

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1st licensed African American architect in Virginia in 1922 and in the District of Columbia in 1924.

Designed buildings in Tuskegee, AL Montgomery, AL and Chicago, IL

THE WHY

Dr. Kwesi Daniels at the Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, Loiusiana

Sharecropper living conditions at the Magnolia Plantation in Natchitoches, LA

THE MODEL

“Education of the head, hand, and heart” and “Learning to do by Doing” were the educational philosophies Dr. Washington used to build Tuskegee Institute as a model for education and Negro community building.

“EDUCATION OF THE HEAD, HAND, AND HEART” & “LEARNING TO DO BY DOING”

Dr. Booker T. Washington’s solution: Tuskegee Institute

The Jessup wagon was Tuskegee’s strategy of exporting education to sharecroppers to improve their conditions. It transformed into about 48 Tuskegee model rural schools and eventually over 4000 Tuskegee/Rosenwald/Community Schools.

Education as a community building enterprise

The Greenwood name came from Greenwood Village In Tuskegee, Al and The “Black Wall Street” moniker was assigned by Dr. Booker T. Washington.

Greenwood Village, Tuskegee, Al

Greenwood District, Tulsa, Ok

Community Building: Greenwood Community

THE WORK

HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORK IN THE COMMUNITY

2006

2020

Yesterday’s community schools are being rebuilt by their communities today

2008 - SHILOH COMMUNITY SCHOOL RESTORATION

2006 Engaging all generations in the restoration process at the Shiloh Rosenwald School, Notasulga, Al.

2020 Teaching the community how to restore historic wood windows at the Shiloh Rosenwald School, Notasulga, Al.

Education as a community building enterprise

DOCUMENTING CIVIL RIGHTS SITES

2019 Teaching students how to use a laser scanner to document the Harris House in Montgomery, AL.

2020 Teaching students how to use a drone to document the Macon County Courthouse in Tuskegee, Al.

Using technology to teach and document our history

DOCUMENTING HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERCIAN SITES Virtual Model of the Booker T. Washington log cabin replica on the grounds of the Tuskegee History Center, after being relocated from the Tuskegee National Forest.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIRTUAL MODEL WEBSITE: https://skfb.ly/6JXr8

Using technology to teach and document our history

DOCUMENTING CIVIL RIGHTS SITES

Using architecture to teach and document our history

Thank you!

Dr. Kwesi Daniels Department Head of Architecture kdaniels@Tuskegee.edu (o) 732-207-1659