Up from Slavery
Subtitle: an autobiography
By: by Booker T. Washington ; introduction by Wayne LaPierre
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; Skyhorse; SKYHORSE
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781632202840
Subjects: Educators; Biography; Slaves; Slaves' writings, American; African Americans; Tuskegee Institute
Description: Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence. From his fight for an education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature.
Notes: Includes index.

"An exact facsimile of the rare 1902 edition."--The introduction.

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