A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington

Author(s): Walter Clinton Jackson

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Narrators: Larry Wilson, Kyle L., Sarah Brown, Jason In Panama, KevinS, Sebastian, Paul Brian Stewart, Mari Patterson, Tina Ding, Drandall, Dfixsen

Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 03 hours and 23 minutes

Language: English

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