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Up from Slavery

An Autobiography

Booker T. Washington

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English
Sterling
01 November 2023
Booker T. Washington's famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington's rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation's most prominent Black educator and first president of Tuskegee University. A tireless advocate for Black economic independence, Washington attempted to balance his public acceptance of segregation with behind-the-scenes lobbying against voter disenfranchisement and financing antiJim Crow court cases. His memoir is both a crucial American document and an exercise in understanding the 'double consciousness' coined by W. E .B. DuBois, himself one of Washington's most vocal critics.
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Imprint:   Sterling
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 133mm, 
ISBN:   9781454949992
ISBN 10:   1454949996
Series:   Signature Classics
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Booker Taliaferro Washington (18561915) was born in Franklin County, Virginia. At twenty-five he became the first principal of the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers, now Tuskegee University. He spent his life working tirelessly to advocate on behalf of Black Americans.

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