Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Booker T. Washington

The son of a slave, Booker Taliaferro Washington worked his way out the salt furnaces and coal mines to develop the esteemed Tuskegee Institute. This autobiographical work demonstrates his forceful and potent voice in the fight for African-American equality in turn-of-the-century America.

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Contents

Preface

NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE, 1901 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000

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