The Story of My Life and Work

About this eBook

Author

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Credits

Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, Chuck Greif, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

African American educators -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61953

Release Date

April 27, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. LIFE AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. HOW THE FIRST SIX YEARS AFTER GRADUATION FROM HAMPTON WERE SPENT.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK AT TUSKEGEE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST YEAR AT TUSKEGEE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE STRUGGLES AND SUCCESS OF THE WORKERS AT TUSKEGEE FROM 1882 TO 1884.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE FROM 1884 TO 1894.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. INVITED TO DELIVER A LECTURE AT FISK UNIVERSITY.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE COTTON STATES’ EXPOSITION, AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. HONORED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. URGED FOR A CABINET POSITION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE SHAW MONUMENT SPEECH, THE VISIT OF SECRETARY JAMES WILSON, AND THE LETTER TO THE LOUISIANA CONVENTION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. CUBAN EDUCATION AND THE CHICAGO PEACE JUBILEE ADDRESS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT WM. McKINLEY TO TUSKEGEE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. A VACATION IN EUROPE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE WEST VIRGINIA AND OTHER RECEPTIONS AFTER EUROPEAN TRIP.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THE MOVEMENT FOR A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. LOOKING BACKWARD.

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