Up from slavery
The African-American educator documents his struggle for freedom and self-respect and his fight to establish industrial training and educational programs for black Americans.
| Main Author: | Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Buccaneer Books,
1996.
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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.