Name at birth: Booker Taliaferro Washington Booker T. Washington was born a slave and deprived of any early education, but he still became Americaâs leading black educator at the start of the 20th century.
Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near historic Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Crowning the stateâs system of higher education is the University of Maryland, with its main campus in College Park and branches located in Baltimore, Catonsville, and Princess Anne. The university had its origins in the College of Medicine of Maryland (opened 1807) and Maryland Agricultural College (1856).