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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. Early Childhood................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II. Boyhood Days................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 III. Planning for an Education................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 IV. School Days at Hampton................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 V. Beginning Life in the Outside World................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 VI. Back at Hampton................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 VII. Building a Great School................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 VIII. Strenuous Days................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56 IX. Raising Money for Tuskegee................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67 X. Making Speeches................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76 XI. Success as Educational Leader................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88 XII. Leading His People................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105 XIII. Political Experiences................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112 XIV. Visits to Europe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118 XV. Booker T. Washington: The Man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................129
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