A companion to Up from Slavery, this 1911 book collects what Washington learned outside the classroom while building Tuskegee Institute. He writes about exceptional men he met, his dealings with reporters, the ‘intellectuals’ and the Boston protest against him, a commencement speech on cabbages, Theodore Roosevelt, and his educational campaigns through the Southern states.
Washington’s own account of his methods and his critics, essential for understanding a contested era of Black leadership. Download the free EPUB.