Booker T. Washington

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in Hale's Ford, Virginia, The United States

April 05, 1856

died

November 14, 1915

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male

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Social Sciences, Nonfiction

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Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, orator, author and the dominant leader of the African-American community nationwide from the 1890s to his death. Born to slavery and freed by the Civil War in 1865, as a young man, became head of the new Tuskegee Institute, then a teachers' college for blacks. It became his base of operations. His "Atlanta Exposition" speech of 1895 appealed to middle class whites across the South, asking them to give blacks a chance to work and develop separately, while implicitly promising not to demand the vote. White leaders across the North, from politicians to industrialists, from philanthropists to churchmen, enthusiastically supported Washington, as did most middle class blacks. He was the organ...more

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	Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, Ishmael Reed (Introduction) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 5,486 ratings — published 1901 — 140 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frederick Douglass 4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Negro Problem 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1903 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Negro in the South by Booker T. Washington, Herbert Aptheker (Foreword) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1907 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of My Life and Work (Illustrated Edition) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Character Building 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1972 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future of the American Negro 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1969 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voices of Black America: Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry, Humor & Drama 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes In Black Skins 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

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“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
― Booker T. Washington

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“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.”
― Booker T. Washington

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