Up from SlaverySelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In Up from Slavery, 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 Up From Slavery, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist. |
Contents
A Slave Among Slaves | |
Boyhood Days | |
The Struggle for an Education | |
Helping Others | |
The Reconstruction Period | |
Black Race and Red Race | |
Early Days at Tuskegee | |
Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie on Them | |
Raising Money | |
Two Thousand Miles for a FiveMinute Speech | |
The Atlanta Exposition Address | |
The Secret of Success in Public Speaking | |
Europe | |
Last Words | |
Notes | |
Teaching School in a Stable and a HenHouse | |
Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights | |
A Harder Task than Making Bricks without Straw | |
Afterword Selected Bibliography | |
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