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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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University of North Carolina

Booker T. Washington, 1856 1915 Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete text from the book "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography", by Booker T. Washington, in which he explores his journey from slave to educator. Includes illustrations, biographical facts, and links to further information on...
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University of North Carolina

Unc Libraries: "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed version of Booker T. Washington's life as a slave and as an educator. This autobiography is the outgrowth of a series of articles he had published in the Outlook magazine. The simple story of an extraordinary man.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Booker T. Washington including the full text of his autobiography Up From Slavery: An Autobiography.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Booker T. Washington Delivered "Atlanta Compromise"

For Students 6th - 8th
Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential African Americans of his day. This site highlights his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech, as well as a general overview of his views.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Booker T. Washington

For Students 5th - 8th
Booker T. Washington was an African-American visionary. Read about his embrace of education as a way to lift up blacks in the racist South, but see how some of his views found opposition in the black community.
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Yale University

Avalon Project: African Americans Biography, Autobiography and History

For Students 9th - 10th
Five primary source materials on African American history: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, Up From...
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Curated OER

American Writers: Booker T. Washington & w.e.b. Dubois

For Students 9th - 10th
A good informational site on Washington & Dubois. Includes general information about each one's life, works, and writings, including Up from Slavery and The Souls of Black Folk. Also includes links to other sites.