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A Boys’ Life of Booker T. Washington

by Walter Clinton Jackson

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Written to inspire boys, and young Black readers especially, this biography follows Booker T. Washington from his childhood in slavery through his determined struggle for schooling, his years at Hampton Institute and the founding of Tuskegee. Later chapters describe his growth into one of the great orators of his day, set beside Frederick Douglass.

An approachable life of the educator, written in the decade after his death. Download the free EPUB.

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