Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4057664611390
Formatos: ePub (Sin DRM)
Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4057664611390
Formatos: ePub (Sin DRM)
Born into slavery, Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) overcame racism and oppression to become one of the most respected and influential African-American leaders of the late 19th century. He founded the Alabama Tuskegee Institute in 1881, and advocated the advancement of blacks through education and entrepreneurship. An adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, Washington displayed an apparent acceptance of segregation, and clashed with other black leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois who took a more militant approach to social change. His autobiography, Up from Slavery (1901), stands as a classic in the genre of narratives by American self-made men