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02013aam a2200373 a 4500 001 8ACB55E2BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20200703012203 008 191007s2020 nyua d 1 0beng 010 $a 2018047437 020 $a 1502645580 020 $a 9781502645586 040 $a DLC $d WiMaMI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 044 $a nyu 050 00 $a E 185 97 W4 $b H87 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hurt, Avery Elizabeth, $e author. $4 aut 245 10 $a Booker T. Washington : $b civil rights leader and education advocate / $c Avery Elizabeth Hurt. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Cavendish Square, $c c2020. 300 $a 128 p. : $b col. ill., b&w ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a African American trailblazers 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Freedom and its challenges -- The great educator -- Presidents and robber barons -- Work of a lifetime -- Hero to some, betrayer to others -- Looking back. 520 $a This examination of the life and works of Booker T. Washington stresses his devotion to education as a means of advancement for African Americans. In addition to understanding the life and times of Booker T. Washington, readers will learn about some of the disagreements among African American leaders during the post-Reconstruction years, struggles faced during Washington's life, and successes achieved. Drawing on Washington's own writings as well as those of his contemporaries, this volume gives readers insight into the debates that have informed the civil rights movement since the nineteenth century. 600 10 $a Washington, Booker T., $d 1856-1915. 610 20 $a Tuskegee Institute. 650 7 $a African Americans $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Educators $v Biography $z United States. $2 sears 830 0 $a African American trailblazers. 941 $a 1 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011945.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8ACB55E2BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search