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Excerpt from The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe In View of the rather elaborate plan I have sketched, I am certain that some of my readers Will wonder how I expected to be able, in the eight weeks to which my vacation was limited, to cover all the ground or get any definite or satisfactory notions in regard to the special matters which interested me in the places I pro posed to visit. It seems to me, therefore,...

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Presents an account of the life and work of the author, who was one of the most important figures in the campaign for racial equality in the USA.

Excerpt from Working With the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery, " Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee Methods employed to develop it. This little volume is the result, in part, of an attempt to answer these. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. F...

Excerpt from Character Building: Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee Institute This paper. Thobcgusmdmt. Has a wide Sundayeveninglhavefeltinadegreethatlwas spenkingtoshrgeproportionofthecolmned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books use...

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Up From Slavery"is one of the most widely read African American autobiographies in the English language. It details how prominent African American leader Booker T. Washington rose from slavery to become one of the nation's most prominent orators and educators at the turn of the 20th century. This reprint of the original 1901 edition is enhanced by 12 related documents and an essay by W. Fitzhugh Brundage that provides students with the necessa...

Contexts and Composition History" includes a selection of letters between Washington and his editor, Lyman Abbott, that reveals the process by which Up From Slavery was planned and written. Reviews from The Nation, North American Review, and Colored American Magazine offer examples of contemporary reaction to the book. An excerpt from My Larger Education includes Washington's impressions of Frederick Douglass and of his African American critic...

This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.' The project now draws to a close with Volume 14, the cumulative index to this collections of the selected writings and correspondence of the celebrated black educator and leader.

This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.' The project now draws to a close with Volume 14, the cumulative index to this collections of the selected writings and correspondence of the celebrated black educator and leader.

CONTENTS:Birth and Early ChildhoodBoyhood in West VirginiaLife at Hampton InstituteHow the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were SpentThe Beginning of the Work at TuskegeeThe First Year at TuskegeeThe Struggles and Success of the Workers at Tuskegee from 1882 to 1884The History of Tuskegee from 1884 to 1894Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk UniversityThe Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' ExpositionAn Appeal for JusticeHo...

Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an African American political leader, educator and author. He was one of the dominant figures in African American history in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Born into slavery in Franklin County, Virginia, at the age of 9, he was freed and moved with his family to West Virginia, where he learned to read and write while working in manual labor jobs. He later trained as a teacher, and in 1881 was ...

The celebrated leader describes his influences and proposes that most African Americans would benefit from a practical trade rather than a liberal arts education, a position that ignited an enduring debate.

For half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the best known book written by an African American. The life of ex-slave Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave prominence for the first time to the voice of a group which had to pull itself up from extreme adversity. This edition includes detailed notes and a fascinating introduction which which puts Washingt...