Up From Slavery Author:Booker T. Washington table of contents: — preface — 1 a slave among slaves — 2 boyhood days — 3 the struggle for an education — 4 helping others — 5 the reconstruction period — 6 black race and red race — 7 early days at tuskegee — 8 teaching school in a stable and a hen-house — 9 anxious days and sleepless nights — 10 a harder task than making bricks withou... more »t straw
11 making their beds before they could lie on them
Listed on The Modern Library's 100 Most Influential Books for good reason! It is inspiring and gives one a great understanding of this time period. Booker T. Washington was an amazing man and we should all be aware of his story.