Booker T. Washington, a founding father of African American
education in the United States, has long been studied, revered, and
reviled by scholars and students. Born into slavery, freed and
raised in the Reconstruction South, and active in educational
reform through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
Washington sought to use education to bridge the nation's racial
divide. This volume explores Washington's life and work through his
writings and speeches.
Drawing on previously unpublished writings, hard-to-find
speeches and essays, and other primary documents from public and
private collections, Michael Scott Bieze and Marybeth Gasman
provide a balanced and insightful look at this controversial and
sometimes misunderstood leader. Their essays follow key themes in
Washington's life--politics, aesthetics, philanthropy, religion,
celebrity, race, and education--that show both his range of thought
and the evolution of his thinking on topics vital to African
Americans at the time. Wherever possible, the book reproduces
archival material in its original form, aiding the reader in
delving more deeply into the primary sources, while the
accompanying introductions and analyses by Bieze and Gasman provide
rich context. A companion website contains additional primary
source documents and suggested classroom exercises and teaching
aids.
Innovative and multifaceted, "Booker T. Washington Rediscovered"
provides the opportunity to experience Washington's work as he
intended and examines this turn-of-the-century pioneer in his own
right, not merely in juxtaposition with W. E. B. Du Bois and other
black leaders.
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