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.
St. Marys is located at 39Â°11â²47â³N 96Â°4â²7â³Wï»¿ / ï»¿39.19639Â°N 96.06861Â°Wï»¿ / 39.19639; -96.06861 (39.196273, -96.068672), on the Smoky Hill Trail and the Military Trail. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.18 square miles (3.06 km 2), all of it land.