Washington, Booker T.,  1856-1915 <br/><br/>
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_from_Slavery  Release date is 2000-10-01 
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<br/><br/> "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography" by Booker T. Washington is an autobiography published in 1901. It chronicles Washington's journey from being enslaved during the Civil War to becoming an influential educator. The book describes his struggles to gain education at Hampton Institute and his founding of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Washington advocates for vocational training and practical skills as a path for Black Americans to achieve economic independence and ease racial tensions in the post-Reconstruction South, a philosophy that sparked both acclaim and controversy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Tuskegee Institute Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 African Americans -- Biography Educators -- United States -- Biography 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E151