A review by emily_britton
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

The first few chapters, detailing Washington's earlier years, were absolutely fascinating, but the rest of his life was more mundane in terms of its events. Teaching, fundraising and giving speeches don't make for very interesting reading. It was also evident that Washington was very wrong in his assumption that race relations would naturally improve as the years went on -- very sad.