Tells the story of Booker T. Washington's childhood following the end of slavery, his struggle to get an education, and his journey at age sixteen to the Hampton Institute.
This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.
This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career.
The most powerful black American of his time, this book captures him at his zenith and reveals his complex personality.
Quotations of Booker T. Washington
This biography chronicles how a slave became one of the leading influential African-American intellectuals of the late 19th century who founded the Tuskegee Institute. Illustrations.
Booker T. Washington. found myself confronted with two other difficulties. In the first place, I found that all the other children wore hats or caps on their heads, and I had neither hat nor cap. In fact, I do not remember that up to ...
This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career.
... Portia Marshall [BTW's daughter], 70, 72, 82,99, Wayland Seminary, 54, 5 5 Webster, Noah, 27 Webster's blue-back speller, 27—28,55,77,134 Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 145, 146 Whipple, George, 45 White, Walter, 10, 184 White House dinner, ...