TrackChapterReaderLength
0100 - Preface/IntroductionAndy Yu24:06
0201 - A Slave Among SlavesAndy Yu36:56
0302 - Boyhood DaysTom Crawford28:48
0403 - The Struggle For An EducationTom Crawford30:53
0504 - Helping OthersMike Vendetti22:48
0605 - The Reconstruction PeriodJay Vance17:46
0706 - Black Race And Red RaceLorelle Anderson16:20
0807 - Early Days At TuskegeeKatie Riley18:08
0908 - Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-HouseJay Vance22:45
1009 - Anxious Days And Sleepless NightsJay Vance21:15
1110 - A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without StrawAncient mariner22:48
1211 - Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On ThemCrash17:20
1312 - Raising Moneymwalimu26:54
1413 - Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute SpeechLorelle Anderson25:01
1514 - The Atlanta Exposition AddressPreston McConkie24:02
1615 - The Secret Of Success In Public SpeakingAnna Roberts34:54
1716 - EuropeJim Clevenger40:49
1817 - Last WordsFr. Richard Zeile of Detroit43:16

Notes
Running Time: 7 hours and 55 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator: Carl Manchester
Meta Coordinator: Carl Manchester
Proof listener: iamartin

Artwork
Cover: Booker T. Washington, January 1, 1905, Harris & Ewing.
Inset:  Cover of the first edition of Up from Slavery, 1901.
Inset: Booker T. Washington at his desk in the Tuskegee Institute, 1894.
Insert: Booker T. Washington giving the Atlanta Address in 1895.

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In his 1901 autobiography, Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington chronicles his personal experiences as he rose from a slave child emancipated at age nine to the obstacles and difficulties he overcame to attend Hampton University and become the leader of the Tuskegee Institute.  He recalls the generosity of teachers and of philanthropists such as the leaders of Standard Oil, Kodak, and Sears in helping blacks and Native Americans get an education. He emphasizes the importance of instilling self-esteem, manners, and good health in his students and the virtue of combining academics with practical knowledge of a trade.

Up From Slavery was serialized by The Outlook, a Christian newspaper, in 1900 before publication in book form in 1901. It became a best seller and the most popular African American autobiography before that of Malcolm X.  It was listed by the Modern Library at No. 3 on its 1998 list of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century.


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EAN - DVD case 0683422134883
EAN - CD jacket 0686175924138
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Author Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
Year 1901
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Length 7 hours and 55 minutes
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