Up from SlaveryFirst published in 1901, Up From Slavery is one of the classic books from the era of American slavery. In it, Booker T. Washington details his rise from a child born into slavery to a free man with a college education. He offers readers his views on the future of blacks in America, charting a course for their development that starts with an education in practical trades. By proving themselves to be important parts of society, he believed they would be granted civil rights without a bloody struggle. Students of history will find this an essential read from the dawning of the civil rights struggle in America. American author BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (1856-1915) was born to a white father and black slave mother in Virginia. His Atlanta Address of 1895 brought him great acclaim, and for the rest of his life he remained a respected figure in the African American community. Among his most influential writings is an article for Atlantic Monthly called "The Awakening of the Negro" (1896). |
Contents
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The Struggle for an Education | 20 |
Helping Others | 30 |
The Reconstruction Period | 38 |
Black Race and Red Race | 44 |
Early Days at Tuskegee | 51 |
Teaching School in a Stable and a HenHouse | 57 |
X | 71 |
Making Their Beds before They Could Lie on Them | 79 |
Raising Money | 85 |
Two Thousand Miles for a FiveMinute Speech | 95 |
The Atlanta Exposition Address | 105 |
The Secret of Success in Public Speaking | 116 |
Europe | 130 |
Last Words | 143 |
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Page 4 - I used to take the corn, once a week, to be ground. The mill was about three miles from the plantation. This work I always dreaded. The heavy bag of corn would be thrown across the back of the horse, and the corn divided about evenly on each side; but in some way, almost without exception, on these trips, the corn would so shift as to become unbalanced and would fall off the horse, and often I would fall with it. As I was not strong enough to reload the corn upon the horse, I would have to wait,...
References to this book
Long Memory: The Black Experience in America Mary Frances Berry,John W. Blassingame No preview available - 1982 |