Up from history : the life of Booker T. Washington / Robert J. Norrell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674032118
- ISBN: 067403211X
- Physical Description: xi, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-483) and index. |
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Subject: | Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. African Americans > Biography. Educators > United States > Biography. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | B W317no 2009 (Text) | 33126015566460 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A definitive biography of Booker T. Washington focuses on his efforts to support the cause of black people in the segregated South by promoting an economic independence and development of moral character in order to integrate blacks into American life and to overcome exploitation and discrimination. - Baker & Taylor
Focuses on Washington's efforts to help black people in the segregated South by promoting economic independence and moral character in order to integrate blacks into an American life free of exploitation and discrimination. - Harvard University Press
Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr., has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. A century ago, in the era of Jim Crow, Booker T. Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. In this compelling biography, Norrell reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. He urged black people to acquire economic independence and to develop the moral character that would ultimately gain them full citizenship. Although widely accepted as the most realistic way to integrate blacks into American life during his time, Washingtonâs strategy has been disparaged since the 1960s.
The first full-length biography of Booker T. in a generation, Up from History recreates the broad contexts in which Washington worked: He struggled against white bigots who hated his economic ambitions for blacks, African-American intellectuals like W. E. B. Du Bois who resented his huge influence, and such inconstant allies as Theodore Roosevelt. Norrell details the positive power of Washingtonâs vision, one that invoked hope and optimism to overcome past exploitation and present discrimination. Indeed, his ideas have since inspired peoples across the Third World that there are many ways to struggle for equality and justice. Up from History reinstates this extraordinary historical figure to the pantheon of black leaders, illuminating not only his mission and achievement but also, poignantly, the man himself.