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The Booker T. Washington Reader (an African American Heritage Book) (Hardcover)
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The Booker T. Washington Reader (an African American Heritage Book) (Hardcover)
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Here in one omnibus edition are Booker T. Washington's most
important books. Washington was constantly, and often bitterly,
criticized by his contemporaries for being too conciliatory to
whites and not concerned enough about civil rights. It would not be
until after his death that the world would find out that he had
indeed worked a great deal for civil rights anonymously behind the
scenes. Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies
ever written. On one level it is the life story of Booker T.
Washington and his rise from slavery to accomplished educator and
activist. On another level it the story of how an entire race
strove to better itself. Washington makes it clear just how far
race relations in America have come, and to some extent, just how
much further they have to go. Written with wit and clarity. In My
Larger Education, Booker T. Washington explains how he came by his
positions on race relations, by describing the people who
influenced him during the founding of Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute of Alabama. In Character Building are thirty
seven addresses that Booker T. Washington gave before students,
faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute. These addresses take
the form of timeless advice on a number of subjects. Very
motivational and uplifting. Here are six historic essays on the
state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early
twentieth century, written from the African American point of view.
Included are "Industrial Education for the Negro" by Booker T.
Washington, "The Talented Tenth" by W.E. Burghardt DuBois, "The
Disfranchisement of the Negro" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Negro
and the Law" by Wilford H. Smith, "TheCharacteristics of the Negro
People" by H.T. Kealing, and "Representative American Negroes" by
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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