Up from Slavery
Author: WASHINGTON, BOOKER T.
ISBN: 9780679640141
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 May 1999
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time/b>br>br>In b>Up from Slavery/b>, Washington recounts the story of his life-from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of b>Up From Slavery/b>, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist.
ISBN: 9780679640141
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 May 1999
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time/b>br>br>In b>Up from Slavery/b>, Washington recounts the story of his life-from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of b>Up From Slavery/b>, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist.
