In Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington tells how he was able to educate himself through hard work and perseverance and later educate others as the longtime president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
Born into slavery, Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, he was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.
