Up from Slavery
by Washington, Booker T.; Andrews, William L.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-15
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of an American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice for the first time to a vast groupthat had to pull itself up from nothing. In the well-documented ordeals and observations of this humble and plainspoken schoolmaster we find traces of Washington's other nature: the ambitious and tough-minded analyst. Here was a man who had to balance the demands of his fellow blacks with theconstraints imposed on him by whites.
Table of 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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