Up From Slavery

A nice, unabridged edition of this classic with 28 photographs and illustrations, including the text of his influential 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington, chronicling his rise from slavery to founding the Tuskegee Institute and his philosophy of self-improvement and practical skills. In 1998 the Modern Library ranked it third among the greatest nonfiction works of the twentieth century.