Washington's memoir of rising from slavery to found Tuskegee and lead through self-improvement. A defining, and debated, African American autobiography.
Books mentioned in Up from Slavery (1)
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass: “In this library I found a life of Frederick Douglass, which I began reading. I became especially interested in Mr. Douglass’s description of the way he was treated on shipboard during his first or second visit to England.”