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Up from Slavery an Autobiography
Booker T. Washington's autobiography sees him rising from slavery to freedom, from poverty and illiteracy to an honorary degree from Harvard and relationships with Presidents and world leaders.
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198 pages
Published
August 20th 2014
by Createspace
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This book is full of information about Washington's life and mission. It tells of his childhood slavery, and after freedom, his efforts to get an education, his time at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), how Tuskegee was begun, and his efforts to make Tuskegee a lighthouse of education for black people.
Washington explains the misunderstandings about education by the newly freed race - "The more books, the larger they were, and the longer the titles printed upon them, the better pleased ...more
Washington explains the misunderstandings about education by the newly freed race - "The more books, the larger they were, and the longer the titles printed upon them, the better pleased ...more
The men and women of all races and cultures of the United States would do well to read this autobiography and listen to the values, mission, and counsel of Booker T, Washington. Comparing the content and motivations of his speeches and letters to those who call themselves leaders of our day, is a grim reminder of the deterioration of a civilization with great promise.
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