Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol. 14 Vol. 14

Cumulative Index. Edited by Louis R. HARLAN and Raymond W. SMOCK

The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol. 14( )
Author: Washington, Booker T.
Harlan, Louis R.
Smock, Raymond W.
ISBN:978-0-252-01519-9
Publication Date:Mar 1989
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $95.00
Book Description:

Hailed by John Hope Franklin as ''a major event by any standards,'' The Booker T. Washington Papers are, according to Benjamin Quarles, ''of the greatest significance for the study of race relations in America.'' The project now draws to a close with Volume 14, the cumulative index to this collection of the selected writings and correspondence of ......

Book Details
Pages:328
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / African American & Black
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.2 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds
Author Biography
Washington, Booker T. (Author)
Booker Taliaferro Washington, 1856 - 1915 Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Hales Ford, Virginia, near Roanoke. After the U.S. government freed all slaves in 1865, his family moved to Malden, West Virginia. There, Washington worked in coal mines and salt furnaces. He went on to attend the Hampton, Virginia Normal and Agricultural Institute from 1872-1875 before joining the staff in 1879. In 1881 he was selected to head the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, a new teacher-training school for blacks, which he transformed into a thriving institution, later named Tuskegee University. His controversial conviction that blacks could best gain equality in the U.S. by improving their economic situation through education rather than by demanding equal rights was termed the Atlanta Compromise, because Washington accepted inequality and segregation for blacks in exchange for economic advancement.

Washington advised two Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, on racial problems and policies, as well as influencing the appointment of several blacks to federal offices. Washington became a shrewd political leader and advised not only Presidents, but also members of Congress and governors. He urged wealthy people to contribute to various black organizations. He also owned or financially supported many black newspapers. In 1900, Washington founded the National Negro Business League to help black business firms.

Washington fought silently for equal rights, but was eventually usurped by those who ideas were more radical and demanded more action. Washington was replaced by W. E. B. Du Bois as the foremost black leader of the time, after having spent long years listening to Du Bois deride him for his placation of the white man and the plight of the negro. He died in 1915.

030



Featured Books

The Odyssey
Homer
Hardback: $17.95
American Demon
Stashower, Daniel
Paperback: $20.00
The Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, Margery
Paperback: $9.95

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.