Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow (Library of African American Biography)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566638666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His lively narration is based solidly on twenty years of study as an editor of the fourteen volumes of the Booker T. General and undergraduate libraries. (CHOICE)Smock's study is a valuable book that will be a mainstay of libraries and classrooms for years to come. One of the great strengths of Smock's biography is its linkage between Washington's life and his times. Ray Smock's short, readable life of Booker T. Washington Papers. Washington satisfies the need for a volume that will be accessible to students, both undergraduate and graduate, and to scholars and the general-reading public who need t
A highly recommended addition to public and college library biography shelves Written by Raymond W. Smock, the first official historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Booker T. Washington: Black Leadership in the Age of Jim Crow is an interpretive biography of Booker T. Washington, an African-American scientist, educator, and leader. For all his accomplishments, Booker T. Washington has been severely criticized for the compromises he was willing to make with. A Great Read This is a terrific book by a leading expert on the career of Booker T. Washington. Washington was an enormously influential and controversial figure at the beginning of the twentieth century. Smock's book is learned, engaging, and brief, which is a rare and welcome combination. He provides a balanced portrait that shows Washington's admirable qualities and his achievements in trying to pr. Very Good Book. Anthony I wanted to know more about Booker T Washington. So I previewed this book on Google books and decided to buy it. I did not know he put up his own money to fight civil rights litigations. This was one of the reasons that I purchased the book. This man accomplished so much in a horrific era for black Americans. He should be a inspiration to many people for his determination to overcome his
Was he, as later critics would charge, an Uncle Tom and a lackey of powerful white politicians and industrialists? Sifting the evidence, Mr. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been described as an enigma, a man who rose to prominence because he offered a compromise with the white South: he was willing to trade civil rights for economic and educational advancement. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. Smock sees Washington as a field general in a war of racial survival, his compromise a practical attempt to solve an immense problem. Thus one historian called Washington's time the "nadir of Negro life in America." Raymond W. Smock's interpreti