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Booker T. Washington and the Negro's place in American life.

Born in slavery, Booker T. Washington became a noted educator, author, orator and political leader and was viewed as a leading figure in the U.S. African American community from 1890-1915.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spencer, Samuel R., Jr. (Samuel Reid), 1919-2013 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, [1955]
Edition:[1st ed.].
Series:Library of American biography.
Subjects:
Washington, Booker T., > 1856-1915.
Washington, Booker T., > 1856-1915
Washington, Booker T. > 1856-1915
Washington, Booker Taliaferro, > (1856-1915)
African American educators > Southern States > Biography.
African American civic leaders > Southern States > Biography.
African Americans.
Black or African American
Noirs américains.
Éducateurs noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Biographies.
Leaders noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Biographies.
African American.
African Americans
African Americans > Biography.
Noirs > États-Unis.
Biography
Biographie.
Biographies
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • The wilderness of freedom
  • Boyhood: plantation and salt mine
  • Hampton: book learning and hero worship
  • Tuskegee: the experiment
  • Tuskegee: established fact
  • The broad question of the races
  • Widening circles of influence
  • Spokesman for the race
  • The challenge to Washington's leadership
  • Benevolent despot
  • Not in terms of race or color.