The Booker T. Washington Papers

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers
    The Booker T. Washington Papers
    By Booker T. Washington, Louis R. Harlan, Raymond Smock

    This book according to Benjamin Quarles, is 'of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1903-04
    By Booker T. Washington

    The phenomenal impact of Booker T. Washington on his time is underscored in this volume, documenting both Washington's continuing influence upon President Theodore Roosevelt and the growing dissatisfaction of some...

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1901-2
    By Louis R. Harlan, Raymond Smock

    Probably nothing in Booker T. Washington' life had as much symbolic significance for the blacks for whom he claimed to speak as the day he dined with President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House, October 16, 1901.

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1889-95
    By Booker Taliaferro Washington

    Washington's gradual rise to prominence as an educator, race leader, and shrewd political broker is revealed in this volume, which covers his career from May 1889 to September 1895, when he delivered the famous speech often called the ...

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1904-6
    By Booker Taliaferro Washington

    Fame and influence far beyond that accorded any other black leader of the period continued to bolster Booker T. Washington's career in the two years covered by the most recent volume in this major project in black history.

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: Digital Edition
    By Booker T. Washington

    Online access to "The Booker T. Washington Papers," a 14-volume set published by the press. Users can search the papers, view images, and purchase the print version of the volumes.

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1860-69
    By Booker T. Washington

    In his lifetime Washington was the most influential African American in the United States. In this volume the editors hope to convey the shaping forces of his early life.

  • The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1899-1900
    By Booker Taliaferro Washington

    This volume turns from emphasizing Washington's institution-building (Tuskegee Institute) to examine those writings which reveal more about the black leader's growing role as a national public figure.