Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

The classic autobiography of the author, educator and orator Booker T. Washington, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics line. Booker T. Washington’s famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery, charts Washington’s rise from an enslaved child with a passion for learning to the nation’s most prominent Black educator and first president of Tuskegee University. A tireless advocate for Black economic independence, Washington attempted to balance his public acceptance of segregation with behind-the-scenes lobbying against voter disenfranchisement and financing anti–Jim Crow court cases. His memoir is both a crucial American document and an exercise in understanding the “double consciousness” coined by W.E.B. DuBois, himself one of Washington’s most vocal critics.  

• | Author: Booker T. Washington
• | Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2023
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781454949992
• | ISBN-10: 1454949996