Booker T. Washington

The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser t…

An account of the life of Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become one of the most important and influential abolitionists, authors…

Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…

This is a sequel to Washington's first autobiographical book, Up From Slavery, which depicted his early life. He says "This book contai…

The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…