Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

A podcast by Loyal Books

Categories:

Arts News & Politics Society & Culture

18 Episodes

  1. 00 – Preface/Introduction

    Published: 1/2/2024

  2. 01 – A Slave Among Slaves

    Published: 1/1/2024

  3. 02 – Boyhood Days

    Published: 12/31/2023

  4. 03 – The Struggle For An Education

    Published: 12/30/2023

  5. 04 – Helping Others

    Published: 12/29/2023

  6. 05 – The Reconstruction Period

    Published: 12/28/2023

  7. 06 – Black Race And Red Race

    Published: 12/27/2023

  8. 07 – Early Days At Tuskegee

    Published: 12/26/2023

  9. 08 – Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-House

    Published: 12/25/2023

  10. 09 – Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights

    Published: 12/24/2023

  11. 10 – A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw

    Published: 12/23/2023

  12. 11 – Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them

    Published: 12/22/2023

  13. 12 – Raising Money

    Published: 12/21/2023

  14. 13 – Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech

    Published: 12/20/2023

  15. 14 – The Atlanta Exposition Address

    Published: 12/19/2023

  16. 15 – The Secret Of Success In Public Speaking

    Published: 12/18/2023

  17. 16 – Europe

    Published: 12/17/2023

  18. 17 – Last Words

    Published: 12/16/2023

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Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students.