Unabridged Classics in Audio: Up from Slavery (CD-Audio)

from missbrandysue

Booker T. Washington writes his own story of rising from a slave to being honored with a Harvard distinguished honor degree. His autobiography shares the many struggles he endured as he worked to make Tuskegee University a top college for the education of African Americans when there were no scho...

from erwinkennythomas

Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington presents a positive outlook about race relations in America. Washington's life began as a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. He described many of the hardships and mind-boggling experiences by his family of a mother and three children. But ...

from MrsLee

An autobiography of a man who began his life in slavery and ended it as one of the most respected men in our nation. I wish his ideas on education were taken more to heart. He believed in educating the whole man/woman, not just their mind. He felt it was important that the student work at a craft...

from debs4jc

Things that impressed me from this book: * Booker's firm belief that merit would be recognized and rewarded. He considered this a great universal truth and a consolation for the persecuted. He considered this principle a key to improving racial relations. *To expand on the above thought, he thoug...

from VirginiaGill

This book caught my eye because the high school I went to was named for Mr Washington, I'm so glad it did. I loved the chance to learn more about the man and to get a glimpse inside his character. It's a book I know I will wander through again and again.