Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781454949992)

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 anti-Jim 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.

Author: Booker T. Washington
ISBN-10: 1454949996
ISBN-13: 9781454949992
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 549 / Up from Slavery