This week marks the 100th anniversary of the date (November 26, 1908) that President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. Branch building in Washington, D.C. In a formal ceremony involving “many prominent persons of both the white and colored races,” Roosevelt spread the first trowelful of mortar on the foundation [...]
Andrew Carnegie wasn’t perfect. But he held a strong moral conviction about the equality of all races, and therefore had a deep respect, appreciation, and affection for African Americans. He demonstrated this through his relationship with Booker T. Washington, whom he called “the combined Moses and Joshua of his people” and “perhaps the most remarkable [...]
You can tell a lot about someone by their office. Or study. What’s in it, how it’s kept, what’s on the walls … these are all clues. This is a photo of Andrew Carnegie’s study, around 1905. It was inside his mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City. That’s where Carnegie lived after selling [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, I felt honored to be asked to join the Advisory Council for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Andrew Carnegie (r.) with Booker T. Washington. One reason I feel so honored is because I graduated from C.M.U. with a degree in Civil Engineering, but I’m not [...]
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