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The Story of My Life and Work

Booker T. Washington · 1900

Booker T. Washington's autobiography of his life and Tuskegee work, here in a LibriVox audio reading by several volunteers.

This autobiography is Washington's own account of his life and Tuskegee work, presented here in a volunteer audio reading.

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LibriVox volunteer readings of Booker T. Washington, The Story of My Life and Work, 1900.

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What it is

This is an audio recording of The Story of My Life and Work, an autobiography by Booker T. Washington. The recording is a LibriVox volunteer reading made by several readers, including Larry Wilson, Valentina Vocelli, Andrew Kennedy, KevinS, Linda Johnson and BettyB. The book was published with an introduction by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, and the archive's copy is dated 1900 with copyright 1901. The reading is not the voice of Washington himself.

Why it matters

The autobiography tells how Washington rose from a slave family to become an adviser to presidents, and how he founded the Tuskegee Institute. It shows how he presented his own life and the education he championed for people denied it because of race. Listeners hear his story through several modern voices.

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  • How does Washington present his own rise from slavery, and what does he leave out?
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