05 – The Reconstruction Period

Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students.

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00 – Preface/Introduction

01 – A Slave Among Slaves

02 – Boyhood Days

03 – The Struggle For An Education

04 – Helping Others

Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

05 – The Reconstruction Period

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