A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington

About this film

LibriVox recording of A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington by Walter Clinton Jackson. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Kyle L.; Sarah Brown; Jason in Panama; KevinS; Sebastian; Paul Brian Stewart; Mari Patterson; Tina Ding; drandall; dfixsen Booker T. Washington was one of the first nationally recognized African American leaders after the Civil War. He was born to a slave woman in Virginia, who then took him as a young boy to West Virginia after the emancipation. Booker became a leader in education heading the Tuskegee Institute for more than 30 years and working with other universities. He advocated a moderate approach to elevating the African Americans through education and business, but worked behind the scenes to change discriminatory laws and practices, and became an adviser to the White House. He authored 14 books, and many articles and speeches, including his autobiography, Up from Slavery. - Summary by Larry Wilson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.…

Directors & creators

Walter Clinton Jackson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;slavery; black history; african american; civil rights; emancipation; segregation; tuskegee institute; wayland seminary; hampton university; national negro business league; atlanta compromise; west virginia colored institute; up from slavery

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