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.
University of Notre Dame. For other universities and colleges named Notre Dame, see Notre Dame (disambiguation). The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame /ËnoÊtÉrËdeÉªm/ NOH-tÉr-DAYM) is a Catholic research university located adjacent to South Bend, Indiana, in the United States. In French, Notre Dame du Lac means Our Lady of the Lake and refers to the university's patron saint, the Virgin Mary.