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Reading List of Titles Relating to Juneteenth Available at Windsor Public Library
Reading List of Titles Relating to Juneteenth Available at Windsor Public Library
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Delve into the turbulent roots of race relations in the United States with this inspirational account from Booker T. Washington, a one-time slave who became an important advocate for African-American education and founded several well-known institutions of higher learning, including the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Biography of Booker Washington, who as a child dreamed of reading and writing, walked five hundred miles to the Hampton Institute, and became a leader in the African American community.
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xi, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive biography of the life and achievements of Booker T. Washington, his struggles against racial bigotry, and his appointment as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute, a private, historically African-American university in Alabama.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 58 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) was born into slavery in Virginia. After emancipation he worked his way through college, attending the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (today, Hampton University) and Wayland Seminary, became a teacher; then was chosen to be the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a position he held the rest of his life. As educator, orator and author, he was a dominant leader of the African American community...
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