TY - BOOK AU - Slade,Suzanne AU - Tadgell,Nicole TI - With books and bricks: how Booker T. Washington built a school SN - 0807508977 (hardback) PY - 2014///] CY - Chicago, Illinois PB - Albert Whitman & Company KW - Washington, Booker T., KW - African Americans KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Education KW - Educators KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - "Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students, but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick"-- ER -