Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. He mastered the nuances of the political arena in the late 19th century which enabled him to manipulate the media, raise money, strategize, network, pressure, reward friends and distribute funds while punishing those who opposed his plans for uplifting blacks. His eventual aim was to end the disenfranchisement of the majority of African Americans living in southern states.

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Books with Booker T. Washington

	Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 4.11 avg rating — 36,589 ratings — published 1900 add/edit characters
	W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 by David Levering Lewis 4.38 avg rating — 2,432 ratings — published 1993 add/edit characters
	W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 by David Levering Lewis 4.13 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters
	Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 by C. Vann Woodward 4.11 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1951 add/edit characters
	Young Mandela: The Revolutionary Years by David James Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters
	Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by Robert J. Norrell 4.19 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters
	Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South by Andrew Zimmerman 3.98 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters
	Look Out, Whitey! Black Power's Gon' Get Your Mama! by Julius Lester 4.05 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1969 add/edit characters
	An Inconvenient Youth by Fiona Forde 3.20 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters
	Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow by Raymond W. Smock 3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters