Up from Slavery - (Penguin Classics) by Booker T Washington (Paperback)

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About the Book Vividly recounting Washington's life--his childhood as a slave, struggle for education, founding and presidency of the Tuskegee Institute, and meetings with the country's leaders, this book reveals the conviction he held that the black man's salvation lay in education, industriousness and self-reliance. Book Synopsis Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In Up from Slavery , Washington recounts the story of his life--from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educ…