Shabbat Reading: Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery

#whatireadovershabbat Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery (1901; Penguin, 1986)

You can read this book on many levels. As literature, as historical document, as propaganda. But what shines through, on every page, is Washington’s love of his people and his belief in human dignity and the power of hard work. At a nadir in Black American history, he saw a nation about to be lifted up. This autobiography testifies to his incredible contribution to that uplifting.