Up from slavery : an autobiography / Booker T. Washington.
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TextPublication details: New York : Modern Library, 1999.Edition: Modern Library pbk. edDescription: vii, 220 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0679640142
- 9780679640141
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Biography | Washington, B. W317 | Available | 33111005085036 |
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Selected 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.
Includes index.