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Up From Slavery : An Autobiography : President Barack Obama Commemorative Collector's Edition
Up From Slavery An Autobiography President Barack Obama Commemorative Collector's Edition Author:Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people a... more »nd other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. An excellent book with a timeless message of how effort can overcome tremendous obstacles. A fitting tribute to President Barack Obama's historic election victory.« less