In this book, a sequel to his famous autobiography, "Up from Slavery" (1901), Booker T Washington lays out his philosophy of hard work and cooperative attitudes in persuasive and reasonable terms. He describes the men and experiences that had a lasting influence on his thinking and the impressive achievements of his Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama.
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[BOOKER TALIAFERRO] WASHINGTON was the most influential spokesperson for Black Americans between 1895 and 1915. He advised US presidents on racial issues and the appointment of Blacks to government positions. He received honorary degrees from Harvard University in 1896 and Dartmouth College in 1901. Washington authored a dozen books, including THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK (1900), UP FROM SLAVERY (1901), WORKING WITH THE HANDS (1904), TUSKEGEE AND ITS PEOPLE: THEIR IDEALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS (1905), FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1907), and MY LARGER EDUCATION (1910).
Washington died on November 14, 1915, at Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Born a slave in 1856, in Hales Ford, Virginia, Booker T. Washington went on to become the most influential voice for racial uplift of African Americans at the beginning of the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Born a slave in 1856, in Hales Ford, Virginia, Booker T. Washington went on to become the most influential voice for racial uplift of African Americans at the beginning of the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coloured farmer, best white people, larger education, coloured people, rural high schools, coloured men, coloured man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Macon County, Major Moton, Mound Bayou, Tuskegee Institute, New York, Doctor Walker, Hampton Institute, Professor Carver, Colonel Roosevelt, Charles Banks, Bishop Clinton, White House, Civil War, Holly Springs, Frederick Douglass, Little Rock, Rufus Herron, Captain Howard, Doctor Curry, Rising Star, The Intellectuals, Skibo Castle, South Carolina, Southern Europe New!
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- Questionable Charity: Gender, Humanitarianism, and Complicity in U.S. Literary Realism (Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies) by William M. Morgan on 10 pages
- The Art of the Possible: Booker T. Washington and Black Leadership in the United States, 1881-1925 (Crosscurrents in African American History) by Kevern J. Verney on 6 pages
- George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol by Linda O. McMurry on 6 pages
- Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men’s Literature and Culture, 1775–1995 (a John Hope Franklin Center Book) by Maurice O. Wallace on 4 pages
- The Racial Politics of Booker T. Washington, Volume 13 (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations) by Donald Cunningen on 4 pages
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