The Story of the Negro. The rise of the Race From Slavery
New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1909. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo. (5-1/2'x8-1/4"), 332,437 pp., top edges gilt, maroon cloth covers, frontispiece portrait by George G. Rockwood - copyright 1909, tissue guard, extensive foot notes, index. -- Light exterior wear, corners bumped, a few small, possibly water spots to spine (volume II obscures part of the letter S in Story -- Binding are sound, hinges are tight. (see photos) - Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. Item #9987
"Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (Now Tuskegee University) in 1881 and the National Negro Business League two decades later. Washington advised Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. His infamous conflicts with black leaders like W. E. B. Du Bois over segregation caused a stir, but today, he is remembered as the most influential African American speaker of his time"-history.com.
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