Up from slavery / Washington, Booker T.

Contains the autobiography of Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and white man where he discusses how he rose to become one of the most influential African-American leaders in the U.S. and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and a white man, recounts his rise from slavery to become one of the most influential African-American leaders of his time, and is remembered as the founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

The autobiography of the man who, though born in slavery, educated himself and went on to found Tuskegee Institute.