Bibliograph

Booker T. Washington, "character is power", Anne Schraff

Type

Label

Booker T. Washington, "character is power", Anne Schraff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-125) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Booker T. Washington

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62493315

Responsibility statement

Anne Schraff

Series statement

African-American biography library

Sub title

"character is power"

Summary

Examines the life of Booker T. Washington, a slave freed after the Civil War who became a leading educator of African Americans and whose Tuskegee Institute taught farming, carpentry, sewing, and other skills

Table Of Contents

Boy on fire -- Childhood -- From student to teacher -- The road to Tuskegee -- Founding of Tuskegee and family life -- Washington's way -- "Cast down your bucket where you are" -- The deepening rift -- Race riots and the NAACP -- Death and legacy

Target audience

juvenile

Classification