Booker T. Washington's famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington's rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation's most prominent Black educator and first president of Tuskegee University. A tireless advocate for Black economic independence, Washington attempted to balance his public acceptance of segregation with behind-the-scenes lobbying against voter disenfranchisement and financing antiJim Crow court cases. His memoir is both a crucial American document and an exercise in understanding the ';double consciousness' coined by W.E.B. DuBois, himself one of Washington's most vocal critics.
| ISBN: | 9781454950004 |
| Publication date: | 9th May 2023 |
| Author: | Washington, Booker T. |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |