Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Washington, Booker T.

Up from slavery: An Autobiography Booker T, Washington - GArden City, New York Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1901 - viii, 330 p.




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

This is the autobiography of a great American, a man who though born in slavery became an outstanding educator and the acknowledged leader of his people.


Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915.


College presidents --Biography--United States
African Americans--Biography

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