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Author Smock, Raymond.

Title Booker T. Washington : Black leadership in the age of Jim Crow / Raymond W. Smock.

Imprint Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378.111 W276Bsm 2009    ---  Available
Description xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series The library of African-American biography
Library of African-American biography.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Quest for Freedom -- 2. The Power of Education -- 3. The Tuskegee Idea -- 4. The Beginning of an Era -- 5. The Modern Moses -- 6. Inside the Briar Patch -- 7. Two Warring Ideals -- 8. Niagara's Mighty Water -- 9. A Note on Sources -- Index.
Summary Interprets the life of Booker T. Washington, exploring his rise from slavery to become an influential educator and African American leader.
Subject Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
African Americans -- Biography.
Educators -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9781566637251 (cloth : acid-free paper)
1566637252 (cloth : acid-free paper)
1566638666 (Ivan R. Dee trade pbk.) : $15.95
9781566638661 (Ivan R. Dee trade pbk.)

 
    
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