Up from Slavery (Penguin Classics)

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 7x5x0. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 1986 Trade Paperback. lii, 332 pp. "In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life - from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up From Slavery, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist.