Washington, Booker T.

Up from slavery / by Booker T. Washington ; introduction by Dr. Clarence A. Andrews. - 192 pages ; 18 cm - Classics series. . - Classics series. .

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.

The autobiography of the man who, though born in slavery, educated himself and went on to found Tuskegee Institute.

0804901570 (paperback)


Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.


Tuskegee Institute.


Christian biography.
Educators --United States--Biography.
African American educators --Biography.
College presidents--United States--Biography.