Up From Slavery

The dramatic autobiographical account of Booker T. Washington’s unique American experience—a struggle against social and ideological bias that he began as a slave and never stopped.

“Washington’s story of himself, as half-seen by himself, is one of America’s most revealing books.”—Langston Hughes

Historically acknowledged as one of America’s most powerful and persuasive orators, Booker T. Washington consistently challenged the forces of racial prejudice at a time when such behavior from a bl...