num_pages: 562
description: The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington was published to wide acclaim and won the 1973 Bancroft Prize. This, the second volume, completes one of the most significant biographies of this generation.Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time, and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a ruthless power borker whose nod or frown could determine the careers of blacks in politics, education, and business.Harlan chronicles the challenge Washington faced from W.E.B. Du Bois and other blacks, and shows how growing opposition forced him to change his methods of leadership just before his death in 1915.Also Volume 1, $10.95k, 501915-6, 394 pp., plates
language: English
title: Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915
titlecomplete: Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915
characters: Booker T. Washington
genres: Biography, Education, Nonfiction, American History, Race, History
ratings_count: 36
series: Booker T. Washington
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Albert J. Beveridge Award
publisher: Oxford University Press