Booker T. Washington


 * First leader of the Tuskegee Institute
 * Argued for more gradual social change in the Atlanta Compromise
 * Theodore Roosevelt invited him to dine in the White House
 * Urged everyone to "cast down your bucket where you are" in a speech
 * Founder of the National Negro Business League
 * Most famous student of Sam C. Armstrong
 * Jessica DePriest had tea with Lou Hoover as a partial replication of one event he was invited to
 * Met his longtime benefactor Henry Rogers, a president of Standard Oil, after a speech at Madison Square Garden