Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Transaction Large Print Books)

In this captivating autobiography, Washington recounts his personal voyage from the shackles of slavery to the pinnacle of prominence. Up from Slavery is as much about Washington's Tuskegee Institute as it is about himself. When criticized for limiting the educational horizons of blacks by emphasizing agricultural and vocational subjects at his school, Washington declared that these are the true bases of black economic development.

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave. He graduated from what is today Hampton University in 1875, and subsequently taught there. In 1881 he founded the forerunner of Tuskegee University. He made himself and his school two of the most well-known institutions in twentieth-century black America. He earned world-renowned recognition as an educator, social theorist, and spokesperson for African Americans.