Tuskegee, << tuh SKEE gee, >> University is a privately controlled, nonprofit, coeducational institution in Tuskegee, Alabama. The university’s research centers include the National Center for Bioethics in Research & Health Care and the General Daniel “Chappie” James Center for Aerospace Science and Health Education.
The school was founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington as the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, but it was more commonly known as the Tuskegee Institute. Washington was the most influential Black leader and educator of his time in the United States. He served as Tuskegee’s principal and one of its instructors for 33 years. He stressed the importance of training in practical trade skills. The scientist George Washington Carver was another of the school’s best-known instructors. In 1974, Congress established the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, which includes the George Washington Carver Museum. The school became Tuskegee University in 1985. The university’s website at https://www.tuskegee.edu offers additional information.
