Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Recommended in Program(s): Challenge I
Cycle(s): N/A

Booker T. Washington wrote this autobiography in 1901, chronicling his journey from slavery to education to freedom. On a societal level, Washington advocates hard work and inner peace as paths to success, particularly as an African-American in the post-Civil War South. Challenge I students compare and contrast Washington’s vision with the earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

• Paperback
• 248 pages
• © 2019