Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington's influential 1901 autobiography tracing his rise from slavery to becoming the foremost African American educator of his era. Washington recounts his childhood in bondage, his… Read more

Booker T. Washington's influential 1901 autobiography tracing his rise from slavery to becoming the foremost African American educator of his era. Washington recounts his childhood in bondage, his determination to gain an education, and his founding of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. A defining document of the post-Reconstruction era, advocating for Black advancement through education, industry, and accommodation. Show less