Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3)

Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)

Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War to his work at founding schools to help children from black or other disadvantaged groups learn skills that would give them the chance to work to pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface & A Slave among Slaves Andrew Kennedy
00:35:59
Play 02 Boyhood Days Andrew Kennedy
00:28:54
Play 03 The Struggle for an Education Andrew Kennedy
00:32:08
Play 04 Helping Others Andrew Kennedy
00:24:08
Play 05 The Reconstruction Period Andrew Kennedy
00:18:11
Play 06 Black Race and Red Race Andrew Kennedy
00:20:45
Play 07 Early Days at Tuskegee Andrew Kennedy
00:17:32
Play 08 Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House Andrew Kennedy
00:25:29
Play 09 Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights Andrew Kennedy
00:24:19
Play 10 A Harder Task than making Bricks without Straw Andrew Kennedy
00:25:09
Play 11 Making their Beds before they could lie on them Andrew Kennedy
00:21:51
Play 12 Raising Money Andrew Kennedy
00:31:09
Play 13 Two Thousand Miles for a Five Minute Speech Andrew Kennedy
00:35:04
Play 14 The Atlanta Exposition Address Andrew Kennedy
00:38:34
Play 15 The Secret of Success in Public Speaking Andrew Kennedy
00:49:49
Play 16 Europe Andrew Kennedy
00:41:03
Play 17 Last Words Andrew Kennedy
00:48:23