About Booker T. Washington's Own Story of His Life and Work
CONTENTS:
Birth and Early Childhood
Boyhood in West Virginia
Life at Hampton Institute
How the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were Spent
The Beginning of the Work at Tuskegee
The First Year at Tuskegee
The Struggles and Success of the Workers at Tuskegee from 1882 to 1884
The History of Tuskegee from 1884 to 1894
Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk University
The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition
An Appeal for Justice
Honored by Harvard University
Urged for a Cabinet Position
The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention
Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address
The Visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee
The Tuskegee Negro Conference
A Vacation in Europe
The West Virginia and Other Receptions after European Trip
National Negro Business League
The Movement for a Permanent Endowment
A Description of the Work of the Tuskegee Institute
Looking Backward
Supplement:
Prince Henry Meets Booker T. Washington
Glimpses Forward and Backward
An Appealing Personality Dr. Washington's Strongest Asset
State Educational Tours
Rural Extension Work
The Fifteenth Anniversary of the National Negro Business League
National Negro Health Week
Last Speaking Engagements
Sickness and Death
The Funeral
The Tuskegee Organization and the Tuskegee Spirit
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