Booker Washington Institute

The Booker Washington Institute (BWI) is a public, post-secondary school in Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia.

Located east of the country's capital of Monrovia, the school sits on a large rural campus and has about 1,800 students.

King visited the United States and toured the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama founded by Booker T.

[2] The school opened in 1929 with the financial assistance of the Firestone Natural Rubber Company and the Phelps Stokes Fund.

[1] During the Second Liberian Civil War, it was attacked by rebel forces in April 2002, which then caused the school to close until September 2002.

[2][12] BWI has a computer lab used by both the school and other students, and offers courses in welding, carpentry, and agriculture.