The Story of the Negro - Paperback

by Booker T. Washington (Author)

""We wish this work might find the widest circulation.""--Nation The Story of the Negro is a history of Americans of African descent before and after slavery. Originally produced in two volumes, and published here for the first time in one pa

Author Biography

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was the long-time Principal of the Tuskegee Institute and founder of the National Negro Business League. Born a slave, Washington was educated at the Hampton Institute and received honorary degrees from Harvard and Dartmouth. He wrote a number of acclaimed books, including his autobiography, Up from Slavery, and Frederick Douglass.