Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington is a fascinating travel through the eyes of Booker T. as a boy, as a slave, as a free man, and most of all a man.Seldom does a book keep me spellbound. This one took me there and back. I would read it all over again.
For sure this book became my friend. As did Mr. Washington. He is one person I would love to sit down and have a conversation with over a cold glass of lemonade.
While this was written many years ago, its every word rings true in the 21st Century. He was indeed a visionary, a believer that things can and do change. He believed in the possibility of people being those change agents. And he was one.
I highly recommend this on your journey while reading about American history.
Published first: 1901 with Doubleday
My copy is from Random House 1993 (232 pp)
NOTE: The photo is from Amazon.com
Copyright © 2008 by Ellen M. Samples. All rights reserved.
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