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Designates April 5, 2026, as Booker T. Washington Day in Alabama, commemorating his birth date of April 5, 1856

Honors Washington's role as the first President of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), which opened July 4, 1881, with a focus on academic and vocational education for African Americans

Recognizes his founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900 and his advisory role to Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft on race relations

Acknowledges Washington's hiring of George Washington Carver in 1896 to lead an agricultural school as an outreach of Tuskegee Institute

Celebrates his lasting contributions to education, entrepreneurship, and the Civil Rights movement through his advocacy for economic progress, self-reliance, and practical education