Story of My Life and Work


(4 stars; 1 reviews)

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 to presidents. As an educator founded the Tuskegee Institute and championed higher education to those who were denied such based on race. Booker T. Washington gives us this autobiography of his life and work. - Summary by Larry Wilson (10 hr 5 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction 4:40
01 - Birth and Early Childhood 12:20
02 - Boyhood in West Virginia 15:34
03 - Life at Hampton Institute 11:33
04 - How the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were Spent 13:54
05 - The Beginning of the Work at Tuskegee 8:02
06 - The First Year at Tuskegee 10:28
07 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part I 16:18
08 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part II 15:45
09 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part I 21:18
10 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part II 22:14
11 - Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk University 17:20
12 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part I 16:38
13 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part II 16:39
14 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part III 21:03
15 - An Appeal for Justice 24:50
16 - Honored by Harvard University 26:10
17 - Urged for a Cabinet Position 13:14
18 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Let… 19:47
19 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Let… 16:20
20 - Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address 27:23
21 - The Visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee 26:17
22 - The Tuskegee Negro Conference 25:11
23 - A Vacation in Europe Part I 15:36
24 - A Vacation in Europe Part II 18:31
25 - The West Virginia and Other Receptions after European Trip 28:15
26 - National Negro Business League Part I 22:36
27 - National Negro Business League Part II 24:46
28 - The Movement for a Permanent Endowment 24:20
29 - A Descripton of the Work of the Tuskegee Institute Part I 14:50
30 - A Descripton of the Work of the Tuskegee Institute Part II 15:41
31 - Looking Backward Part I 18:21
32 - Looking Backward Part II 19:29

Reviews

An important bit of American History


(4 stars)

Booker did a good bit of the heavy lifting trying to get the "colored people" as he called them, to stand on their own two feet after Emancipation. Education, Education, Education was his mantra, and helping his race learn trades and start businesses that were "equal to white men, and excel them", was his goal. Truly a heroic figure in our history, very articulate and a good writer and speaker. His message for how to succeed still rings true. A group project, all readers are intelligible (which is the Librivox criteria). It's great to have these books in audible form.