TY - BOOK AU - Harlan, Louis R. TI - Booker T. Washington: the making of a black leader, 1856-1901 SN - 9780195019155 U1 - 378.1HAR PY - 1975/// CY - London PB - Oxford University Press KW - Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -