Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington Introduction by Ishmael Reed

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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.

Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington
Introduction by Ishmael Reed

ISBN: 0451527542
ISBN-13: 9780451527547
Publisher: Signet Classic (Penguin Putnam)
Publication Date: 2000
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Book Type: New