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100 1 _aWashington, Booker T.,
_d1856-1915
245 1 0 _aMy larger education
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-27
508 _aRichard Tonsing, Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience" by Booker T. Washington is a collection of essays and reflections written in the early 20th century. This work delves into Washington's personal experiences and insights gained throughout his life as an educator and leader of the African American community, particularly during the post-Civil War era. The likely topic of the book centers around the challenges and opportunities that arose from his background as a former slave and how these shaped his educational philosophies and initiatives, especially in relation to the establishment of the Tuskegee Institute. At the start of the book, Washington reflects on the complexities of his identity and the challenges he faced due to his race and socioeconomic status. He discusses the idea that perceived disadvantages can actually serve as catalysts for growth and resilience. Washington shares lessons learned from his interactions with various people, underscoring the importance of learning directly from life experiences and human relationships rather than solely from books. He illustrates his educational journey and the foundational role that his early experiences, values, and interactions with influential figures played in shaping his approach to education and community uplift. The beginning underscores a philosophy of harnessing adversity as a means to propel personal and collective progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910
653 _aWashington, Booker T., 1856-1915
653 _aAfrican Americans -- Biography
653 _aEducators -- United States -- Biography
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/mylargereducatio00wash
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73923
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