Up from Slavery & Working With the Hands (Annotated)

Up from Slavery & Working With the Hands brings together Booker T. Washington's most influential autobiographical and educational writings, tracing a journey from enslavement to national leadership while articulating a program of industrial training, self-help, and racial uplift. Written in a plain, persuasive, and morally earnest style, these works belong to the tradition of African American life...