Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery, an autobiography of Booker T. Washington, expresses many
important contributions of its author. Booker T Washington, born a slave, was freed after the American Civil War and then proceeded to help the African-American race in many ways. He is famously known as a black American educator, influential leader, and spokesman for the African-American race. Washington was politically clever and believed in negotiation and compromise between the white and African-American races. He strove for the equality of all people, no matter what ethnicity, throughout his quite successful life.
Booker T. Washington is best known for his promoting and supporting of self-reliance among the black community of his time. He was commonly heard motivating African-Americans to get an education in a specific skill, which he said would ultimately lead to a productive life. Booker T. Washington said that being educated economically would inevitably lead to the improvement of conditions for ...