The Booker T. Washington Reader
Booker T. Washington
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Here in one omnibus edition are Booker T. Washington"s most important books. Washington was constantly, and often bitterly, criticized by his contemporaries for being too conciliatory to whites and not concerned enough about civil rights. It would not be until after his death that the world would find out that he had indeed worked a great deal for civil rights anonymously behind the scenes. Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written. On one level it is the life story of Booker T. Washington and his rise from slavery to accomplished educator and activist. On another level it the story of how an entire race strove to better itself. Washington makes it clear just how far race relations in America have come, and to some extent, just how much further they have to go. Written with wit and clarity. In My Larger Education, Booker T. Washington explains how he came by his positions on race relations, by describing the people who influenced him during the founding of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Alabama. In Character Building are thirty seven addresses that Booker T. Washington gave before students, faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute. These addresses take the form of timeless advice on a number of subjects. Very motivational and uplifting. Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view. Included are "Industrial Education for the Negro" by Booker T. Washington, "The Talented Tenth" by W.E. Burghardt DuBois, "The Disfranchisement of the Negro" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Negro and the Law" by Wilford H. Smith, "The Characteristics of the Negro People" by H.T. Kealing, and "Representative American Negroes" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Duration - 22h 12m.
Author - Booker T. Washington.
Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G.
Published Date - Saturday, 10 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2013 Start Publishing LLC ©.
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Here in one omnibus edition are Booker T. Washington"s most important books. Washington was constantly, and often bitterly, criticized by his contemporaries for being too conciliatory to whites and not concerned enough about civil rights. It would not be until after his death that the world would find out that he had indeed worked a great deal for civil rights anonymously behind the scenes. Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written. On one level it is the life story of Booker T. Washington and his rise from slavery to accomplished educator and activist. On another level it the story of how an entire race strove to better itself. Washington makes it clear just how far race relations in America have come, and to some extent, just how much further they have to go. Written with wit and clarity. In My Larger Education, Booker T. Washington explains how he came by his positions on race relations, by describing the people who influenced him during the founding of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Alabama. In Character Building are thirty seven addresses that Booker T. Washington gave before students, faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute. These addresses take the form of timeless advice on a number of subjects. Very motivational and uplifting. Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view. Included are "Industrial Education for the Negro" by Booker T. Washington, "The Talented Tenth" by W.E. Burghardt DuBois, "The Disfranchisement of the Negro" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Negro and the Law" by Wilford H. Smith, "The Characteristics of the Negro People" by H.T. Kealing, and "Representative American Negroes" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Duration - 22h 12m. Author - Booker T. Washington. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Saturday, 10 January 2026. Copyright - © 2013 Start Publishing LLC ©.
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English
Up From Slavery:An Autobiography
Duration:00:00:04
Preface
Duration:00:01:11
Introduction
Duration:00:16:17
A Slave Among Slaves
Duration:00:27:50
Boyhood Days
Duration:00:23:09
The Struggle For An Education
Duration:00:26:40
Helping Others
Duration:00:21:13
The Reconstruction Period
Duration:00:14:34
Black Race And Red Race
Duration:00:17:40
Early Days At Tuskegee
Duration:00:14:37
Teaching School In A Stable and a Hen-House
Duration:00:18:52
Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
Duration:00:18:03
A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw
Duration:00:18:41
Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them
Duration:00:17:07
Raising Money
Duration:00:24:08
Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech
Duration:00:26:22
The Atlanta Exposition Address
Duration:00:26:55
The Secret Of Success In Public Speaking
Duration:00:38:31
Europe
Duration:00:33:13
Last Words
Duration:00:36:41
My Larger Education
Duration:00:00:03
Learning From Men and Things
Duration:00:22:37
Building A School Around A Problem
Duration:00:37:56
Some Exceptional Men And What I Have Learned From Them
Duration:00:38:08
My Experience With Reporters And Newspapers
Duration:00:27:20
The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob
Duration:00:31:45
A Commencement Oration on Cabbages
Duration:00:37:44
Colonel Roosevelt and What I Have Learned From Him
Duration:00:31:51
My Educational Campaigns Through the South and What They Taught Me
Duration:00:29:21
What I Have Learned From Black Men
Duration:00:44:13
Meeting High and Low in Europe
Duration:00:29:40
What I Learned About Education in Denmark
Duration:00:31:32
The Mistakes and The Future of Negro Education
Duration:00:33:50
Character Building
Duration:00:00:03
Two Sides Of Life
Duration:00:09:04
Some Rocks Ahead
Duration:00:07:26
On Influencing By Example
Duration:00:06:29
The Virtue Of Simplicity
Duration:00:11:06
Have You Done Your Best?
Duration:00:07:48
Don’t Be Discouraged
Duration:00:06:12
On Getting A Home
Duration:00:06:07
Calling Things By Their Right Name
Duration:00:07:56
European Impressions
Duration:00:09:55
The Value Of System In Home Life
Duration:00:06:18
What Will Pay
Duration:00:07:20
Education That Educates
Duration:00:08:49
The Importance of Being Reliable
Duration:00:08:10
The Highest Education
Duration:00:08:31
Unimproved Opportunities
Duration:00:14:39
Keeping Your Word
Duration:00:07:27
Some Lessons Of The Hour
Duration:00:08:48
The Gospel Of Service
Duration:00:08:24
Your Part In The Negro Conference
Duration:00:07:14
What Is To Be Our Future?
Duration:00:09:18
Some Great Little Things
Duration:00:07:24
To Would-Be Teachers
Duration:00:05:14
The Cultivation Of Stable Habits
Duration:00:07:00
What You Ought To Do
Duration:00:10:21
Individual Responsibility
Duration:00:11:08
Getting On In The World
Duration:00:04:34
Each One His Part
Duration:00:07:16
What Would Father And Mother Say?
Duration:00:08:09
Object Lessons
Duration:00:06:18
Substance VS. Shadow
Duration:00:07:03
Character As Shown In Dress
Duration:00:05:01
Sing The Old Songs
Duration:00:07:29
Getting Down To Mother Earth
Duration:00:08:58
A Penny Saved
Duration:00:11:36
Growth
Duration:00:06:16
The Negro Problem
Duration:00:00:03
Industrial Education for the Negro By Booker T. Washington
Duration:00:20:43
The Talented Tenth
Duration:00:44:30
The Disfranchisement of the Negro
Duration:00:47:53
The Negro and the Law
Duration:00:33:53
The Characteristics of the Negro People
Duration:00:23:26
Representative American Negroes
Duration:00:21:00
The Negro’s Place in American Life at the Present Day
Duration:00:24:19