TY - BOOK AU - Washington,Booker T. TI - The Future of the American Negro AV - E151 PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - African Americans N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_of_the_American_Negro; Release date is 2008-09-02; Produced by Bryan Ness, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.); Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Future of the American Negro" by Booker T. Washington is a book written in 1899. Washington examines the history of enslaved and freed African Americans and argues for their advancement through education. He emphasizes "industrial education" as key to becoming valuable members of society, discusses ongoing inequality despite legal freedom, and outlines how institutions like Tuskegee University can provide necessary skills and knowledge. The work concludes with five principles Washington believes essential for African Americans to achieve true equality and opportunity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26507 ER -