Up from slavery /
an autobiography by Booker T. Washington.
- 1 online resource.
- First Avenue classics .
A slave among slaves -- Boyhood days -- The struggle for an education -- Helping others -- The reconstruction period -- Black race and red race -- Early days at Tuskegee -- Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house -- Anxious days and sleepless nights -- A harder task than making bricks without straw -- Making their beds before they could lie on them -- Raising money -- Two thousand miles for a five-minute speech -- The Atlanta Exposition address -- The secret of success in public speaking -- Europe -- Last words.
"The autobiography of Booker T. Washington, educator, author, and orator"--