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Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
5.0
I have read so many books about the Black Codes, Jim Crow, the KKK, the great migration, etc.. that it was so refreshing to read that not everything was horrible for all black people, and that there were blacks and whites that worked together to improve, educate and raise up the lives of poor blacks.
I know of all the horrible things that were going on when Booker T. was alive, but he chose to focus on the positive things that happened to him which were many. It was his decision to take this route in his writing, and though he was greatly criticized for it, he told "his" story in a positive and grateful way. And I think that should be okay.
I know of all the horrible things that were going on when Booker T. was alive, but he chose to focus on the positive things that happened to him which were many. It was his decision to take this route in his writing, and though he was greatly criticized for it, he told "his" story in a positive and grateful way. And I think that should be okay.