Booker T. Washington Business College

Entrepreneur A. G. Gaston opened the Booker T. Washington Business School in Birmingham in 1939 in response to a shortage of clerks and typists for his funeral home and insurance businesses.

Historic photograph of a large group of people gathered in front of a brick building housing B.T.W. Business College. A sign reading “B.T.W. Business College” hangs above the entrance.

Courtesy of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

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A. G. Gaston

A. G. Gaston

Historic photograph of a large group of people gathered in front of a brick building housing B.T.W. Business College. A sign reading “B.T.W. Business College” hangs above the entrance.