Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow (Library of African American Biography)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566638666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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A highly recommended addition to public and college library biography shelves Midwest Book Review Written by Raymond W. Smock, the first official historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow is an interpretive biography of Booker T. Washington, an African-American scientist, educator, and leader. For all his accomplishments, Booker T. Washington has been severely criticized for the compromises he was willing to make with the white South - namely, the sacrifice of civil rights of black Americans in exc. A Great Read J. Samuel Walker This is a terrific book by a leading expert on the career of Booker T. Washington. Washington was an enormously influential and controversial figure at the beginning of the twentieth century. Smock's book is learned, engaging, and brief, which is a rare and welcome combination. He provides a balanced portrait that shows Washington's admirable qualities and his achievements in trying to promote racial justice in the United States and also gives due recogniton to the com. Anthony said Very Good Book.. I wanted to know more about Booker T Washington. So I previewed this book on Google books and decided to buy it. I did not know he put up his own money to fight civil rights litigations. This was one of the reasons that I purchased the book. This man accomplished so much in a horrific era for black Americans. He should be a inspiration to many people for his determination to overcome his circumstances. It's a shame many Americans don't even know who Booker T Washington
He lived and worked in the midst of an undeclared race war, and his plan was to find a way to survive and to flourish despite the odds against him.. He took his own personal quest for freedom and acceptance within a harsh, racist climate and turned it into a strategy that he believed would work for millions. From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Thus one historian called Washington's time the "nadir of Negro life in America." Raymond W. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been described as an enigma, a man who rose to prominence because he offered a compromise with the white South: he was willing to trade civil rights for economic and educational advancement. Smock'
(Times Literary Supplement)A powerful survey, this is a fine choice. Harlan, winner of the Pulitzer prize for Booker T. (Louis R. In this refreshing and insightful book, Smock unravels and clarifies Washington's association with wealthy philanthropists, secret civil rights activities, political influence, and obsession with control. Washington, the African American leader a century ago, explains that age of white supremacy to the present generation that has just elected a black man President of the United States. Not only because Smock astutely identifies and assesses the sometimes bewildering complexity of Washington's life and careerthe many twists, turns, and ambiguities of a comple