Up from History The Life of Booker T. Washington

Name: Up from History The Life of Booker T. Washington
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ISBN: 9780674032118

ISBN-10: 067403211X

ISBN-13: 9780674032118

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert J. Norrell

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Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr., has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. A century ago, in the era of Jim Crow, Booker T. Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. In this compelling biography, Norrell reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. He urged black people to acquire economic independence and to develop the moral character that would ultimately gain them full citizenship. Although widely accepted as the most realistic way to integrate blacks into American life during his time, Washingtonrsquo;s strategy has been…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/19/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Prologue: The Meaning of the Veil



The Force That Wins



The Model Community



The Self-Made Men



The Survival of the Race



The Settlement of the Negro Problem



The Rising People



The Lion and the Fox



The Train of Disfranchisement



The Leopard's Spots



The Violence of Their Imagination



The Warring Ideals



The Tuskegee Machine



The Assault by the Toms



The Tragedy of Color



The Man Farthest Down



The Leader of the Race



The Morning Cometh



The Veil of History


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index