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The Story of My Life and Work by Booker T. WASHINGTON (1856 - 1915)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Read by: Larry Wilson, Valentina Vocelli, Andrew Kennedy, KevinS, Linda Johnson, BettyB in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction
00:04:40 - 01 - Birth and Early Childhood
00:17:00 - 02 - Boyhood in West Virginia
00:32:34 - 03 - Life at Hampton Institute
00:44:07 - 04 - How the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were Spent
00:58:02 - 05 - The Beginning of the Work at Tuskegee
01:06:05 - 06 - The First Year at Tuskegee
01:16:33 - 07 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part I
01:32:51 - 08 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part II
01:48:37 - 09 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part I
02:09:55 - 10 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part II
02:32:09 - 11 - Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk University
02:49:30 - 12 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part I
03:06:08 - 13 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part II
03:22:48 - 14 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part III
03:43:52 - 15 - An Appeal for Justice
04:08:43 - 16 - Honored by Harvard University
04:34:53 - 17 - Urged for a Cabinet Position
04:48:07 - 18 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention Part I
05:07:54 - 19 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention Part II
05:24:14 - 20 - Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address
05:51:38 - 21 - The Visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee
06:17:55 - 22 - The Tuskegee Negro Conference
06:43:06 - 23 - A Vacation in Europe Part I
06:58:43 - 24 - A Vacation in Europe Part II

The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser to presidents. As an educator founded the Tuskegee Institute and championed higher education to those who were denied such based on race. Booker T. Washington gives us this autobiography of his life and work. - Summary by Larry Wilson