Up from Slavery: The Incredible Life Story of Booker T. Washington - Washington, Booker T.
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"Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools--most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama--to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915) was an American educator, author,…mehr

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"Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools--most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama--to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. Contents: - A Slave Among Slaves - Boyhood Days - The Struggle For An Education - Helping Others - The Reconstruction Period - Black Race And Red Race - Early Days At Tuskegee - Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-House - Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights - A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw - Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them - Raising Money - Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech - The Atlanta Exposition Address - The Secret Of Success In Public Speaking - Europe - Last Words
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