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Franklin Library leather edition of Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery: An Autobiography," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Bart Forbes, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1977. Bound in navy blue leather, the book has ivory moire silk end leaves, a satin book marker, Symth-sewn binding, acid-free paper, hubbed spine, and gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Booker Taliaferro Washington, who lived from 1856-1915, was the son of a Negro slave and a white man. He became a leading educator of Negroes. After graduation from the Negro vocational school, HAMPTON INSTITUTE, he founded TUSKEGEE NORMAL and INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE which emphasized industrial training. "Up from Slavery," which was originally published in 1901, is the story of his life and his struggles. At Tuskegee, Booker T. taught the African American students "cleanliness and orderliness" and when white supporters visited the Alabama campus, he taught the students to show "deference" to their white 'superiors' by stepping off the sidewalk to allow the white folks to pass. He organized a curriculum that stressed the "mechanical arts" or practical studies---as opposed to classical liberal arts education that required 'critical thinking' and abstract reasoning. He was the African American leader who said that African Americans did not want to attend white colleges and public schools, preferring "separate but equal" facilities. Booker T. Washington was in conflict with W.E.B. Dubois who argued for classical learning. 307 pages. I offer Combined shipping.
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