"Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 – 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants.Contents:A Slave Among SlavesBoyhood DaysThe Struggle For An EducationHelping OthersThe Reconstruction PeriodBlack Race And Red RaceEarly Days At TuskegeeTeaching School In A Stable And A Hen-HouseAnxious Days And Sleepless NightsA Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without StrawMaking Their Beds Before They Could Lie On ThemRaising MoneyTwo Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute SpeechThe Atlanta Exposition AddressThe Secret Of Success In Public SpeakingEuropeLast Words
