Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington

by Robert J. Norrell

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:067403211X

ISBN13:9780674032118

Release Date:January 2009

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:508 Pages

Weight:2.02 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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African-American Studies Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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