Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington's Own Story of His Life and Work

CONTENTS: Birth and Early Childhood Boyhood in West Virginia Life at Hampton Institute How the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were Spent The Beginning of the Work at Tuskegee The First Year at Tuskegee The Struggles and Success of the Workers at Tuskegee from 1882 to 1884 The History of Tuskegee from 1884 to 1894 Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk University The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition An Appeal for Justice Honored by Harvard University Urged for a Cabinet Position The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address The Visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee The Tuskegee Negro Conference A Vacation in Europe The West Virginia and Other Receptions after European Trip National Negro Business League The Movement for a Permanent Endowment A Description of the Work of the Tuskegee Institute Looking Backward Supplement: Prince Henry Meets Booker T. Washington Glimpses Forward and Backward An Appealing Personality Dr. Washington's Strongest Asset State Educational Tours Rural Extension Work The Fifteenth Anniversary of the National Negro Business League National Negro Health Week Last Speaking Engagements Sickness and Death The Funeral The Tuskegee Organization and the Tuskegee Spirit