TY - BOOK AU - Washington,Booker T. TI - Up from slavery: autobiography of Booker T. Washington SN - 9781453699096 AV - E 185.97 .W4 A3 2011 PY - 2011///] CY - [Lexington, KY PB - BLN Publishing KW - Washington, Booker T., KW - African Americans KW - Biography KW - Educators KW - United States KW - Enslaved persons KW - Enslaved persons' writings, American N1 - Unabridged reprint; Slave among slaves -- Boyhood days -- Struggle for an education -- Helping others -- Reconstruction period -- Black race and red race -- Early days at Tuskegee -- Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house -- Anxious days and sleepless nights -- A harder task than making bricks without straw -- Making their beds before they could lie on them -- Raising money -- Two thousand miles for a five-minute speech -- Atlanta exposition address -- Secret of success in public speaking -- Europe -- Last words -- Essays: The awakening of the Negro -- Signs of progress among the Negroes ER -