Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington

Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington
ISBN-10
0674060377
ISBN-13
9780674060371
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
528
Language
English
Published
2011-04-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Authors
Robert J. Norrell, Robert Jefferson Norrell

Description

Focuses on Washington's efforts to help black people in the segregated South by promoting economic independence and moral character in order to integrate blacks into an American life free of exploitation and discrimination.

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