Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington
detailing his personal experiences in working to rise from the
position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties
and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton
University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most
notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and
other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and
work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He
reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who
helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his
efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of
dignity to students. His educational philosophy stresses combining
academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is
reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). Washington
explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly
designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of
educating black people.
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