What college did Booker T. Washington help establish and what was its focus of teaching or instructing?

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Booker T. Washington helped establish the Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, in 1881. The focus of teaching or instructing at Tuskegee Institute was vocational education and training for African Americans. Washington promoted the idea of industrial education that would teach practical skills and trades to enable African Americans to uplift themselves economically and socially.