Up From Slavery

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he...

The Future Of The American Negro

Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an African American political leader, educator and author. He was one of the dominant figures in African American history in the...

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington. 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...