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Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington (1901)
The autobiography of a man born into slavery who founded the Tuskegee Institute and became the most powerful African American leader of his era — and the most controversial, as W.E.B. Du Bois challenged his accommodationist approach.
Historical Significance:
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Virginia in 1856 and after emancipation worked in salt furnaces and coal mines before walking 500 miles to attend Hampton Normal and Agricultural In...
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The autobiography of a man born into slavery who founded the Tuskegee Institute and became the most powerful African American leader of his era — and the most controversial, as W.E.B. Du Bois challenged his accommodationist approach.
Historical Significance:
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Virginia in 1856 and after emancipation worked in salt furnaces and coal mines before walking 500 miles to attend Hampton Normal and Agricultural In...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=239
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