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Who is Booker T. Washington from Carver: A Life in Poems and what is their importance?
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Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute. He is described as a workaholic, and he was Carver's boss and mentor. Carver was deeply affected by Washington's death.
Carver: A Life in Poems