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Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington /

"Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in...

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Main Author:	Asim, Jabari, 1962-
Other Authors:	Collier, Bryan (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Subjects:	Washington, Booker T., > 1856-1915 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature. Educators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.

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