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The primary voice of the African American community from 1890 to 1915, and the author of Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington was an educator and orator as well as a founder of the Alabama school that developed into Tuskegee University. Washington proposed that most... Read Full Overview

From 1890-1915, the most influential black man in America was Booker T. Washington, who less than 35 years earlier had been born into slavery. The young boy worked laboriously until emancipation before going on to seek an education. By the time he was 40, he was consolidating... Read Full Overview

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 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... Read Full Overview

Booker T. Washington reveals the people, experiences, challenges, and practical lessons that shaped his work as an educator and one of the most influential Black leaders of his generation.

Written as a continuation of Up from Slavery, My Larger Education... Read Full Overview

IT HAS been my fortune to be associated all my life with a problem a hard, perplexing, but important problem. There was a time when I looked upon this fact as a great misfortune. It seemed to me a great hardship that I was born poor, and it seemed an even greater hardship that... Read Full Overview

The leading African American leader in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was Booker T. Washington. His conciliatory stance toward the white majority, preference for working behind the scenes rather than public protest to remedy discrimination, and emphasis... Read Full Overview

In this book, the author shares his life story and the lessons he learned along the way. He discusses his experiences growing up in slavery, his education, and his work as an educator and civil rights leader. His insights into race relations and self-improvement continue to... Read Full Overview

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary... Read Full Overview

Booker T. Washington reveals the people, experiences, challenges, and practical lessons that shaped his work as an educator and one of the most influential Black leaders of his generation.

Written as a continuation of Up from Slavery, My Larger Education... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

My Larger Education: Being Chapters From My Experience (1911) is a memoir written by Booker T. Washington, an African American educator and leader. The book is a collection of essays that detail Washington's experiences and lessons learned throughout his life, from his childhood... Read Full Overview

My Larger Education: Being Chapters From My Experience (1911) is a memoir written by Booker T. Washington, an African American educator and leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book is a collection of essays and speeches that Washington gave throughout his life,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview