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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)

Narrated by Mark Nelson

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 overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students.


Run Time 7 Hours 20 minutes in 8 Audio CDs

00 Preface/Introduction
01 A Slave Among Slaves
02 Boyhood Days
03 The Struggle For An Education
04 Helping Others
05 The Reconstruction Period
06 Black Race And Red Race
07 Early Days At Tuskegee
08 Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-House
09 Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights
10 A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw
11 Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them
12 Raising Money
13 Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech
14 The Atlanta Exposition Address
15 The Secret Of Success In Public Speaking
16 Europe
17 Last Words
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