Dear Dr. Don, Please explain the difference between a 30-year fixed and a 30-year FHA loan. My understanding is that the conventional fixed-rate loan requires 20 percent down and the FHA loan does not.
Transcript of Booker T. Washington and The Progressive Era of 1890-1912. Booker T. Washington and The Progressive Era of 1890-1912. Washington's contributions to the Progressive Era. Booker T. Washington acted as a black leader in the Progressive Era, fighting against racism for blacks. He was a dominant leader, and he also had the advantage of getting the presidents on his side. Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856 in Hale's Ford, Virginia.
Booker T. Washington was the most famous black man in America between 1895 and 1915. He was also considered the most influential black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries insofar as he controlled the flow of funds to black schools and colleges. Born a slave on a small farm in the Virginia backcountry, he worked in the salt furnaces and coalmines of West Virginia as a child.