Up from Slavery

by Washington, Booker T.; Andrews, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780199552399
• ISBN10: 0199552398
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of an American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice for the first time to a vast groupthat had to pull itself up from nothing. In the well-documented ordeals and observations of this humble and plainspoken schoolmaster we find traces of Washington's other nature: the ambitious and tough-minded analyst. Here was a man who had to balance the demands of his fellow blacks with theconstraints imposed on him by whites.

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

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