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The Struggle For An Education
Overhearing two miners mention a school for Black students in Virginia, Washington sets out on a five-hundred-mile journey to Hampton Institute, arrives with almost nothing, and is admitted after the head teacher tests him by having him sweep and dust a recitation room.
Overhearing miners describe Hampton InstituteThe journey to Hampton with almost no moneyThe sweeping-the-recitation-room entrance testGeneral Samuel C. ArmstrongWorking as a janitor to pay tuition