Harlan, Louis R.

Booker T. Washington the making of a black leader, 1856-1901 - London Oxford University Press 1975 - [11], 379 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book begins in 1901, when Booker T. Washington at the age of forty-five was approaching the zenith of his fame and influence, and ends with his death in 1915. It is a biographical study in the sense that its focus is on the complex, enigmatic figure of Washington, the most powerful black minority-group boss of his time.

9780195019155


Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.

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