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Up from slavery

Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915 (author.). Reed, Ishmael 1938- (author (introduction)). Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson) (author (afterword)).

Summary: The autobiography of Booker T. Washington, a remarkable orator and former slave who pressed for equality and black community.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0451531477
  • ISBN: 9780451531476
  • Physical Description: xxii, 240 pages ; 18 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Signet Classics, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240)
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.2 13 549.
Subject: Enslaved persons' writings, American
Enslaved persons United States Biography
African American educators Biography
Educators United States Biography
African Americans Biography
Tuskegee Institute.
Washington, Booker T 1856-1915
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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