Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 6 1901-2. / Volume 6, 1901-2 / [electronic resource] : Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock, editors, Barbara S. Kraft assistant editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, author.

Contributor:

Kraft, Barbara S., editor.

Smock, Raymond, editor.

Harlan, Louis R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.

Washington, Booker T.

African Americans--Correspondence.

African Americans.

African Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources.

African Americans--History--1863-1877--Sources.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xxx, 661 pages) :) illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [1977]

Summary:

Probably nothing in Booker T. Washington' life had as much symbolic significance for the blacks for whom he claimed to speak as the day he dined with President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House, October 16, 1901. Not even the publication of his autobiography earlier that year had indicated so clearly just how far "up from slavery" Washington had traveled. Though criticized by many, the dinner was a sign, especially to his black supporters, of Washington's arrival at the heart of power in America. Even as Washington expanded his political influence to become a counselor of presidents, the racial climate was worsening and black political rights in the South were plummeting. Volume 6 documents the events of this somber period, including Washington's secret challenge to the Alabama grandfather clause. It also includes evidence of T. Thomas Fortune's diminishing influence with Washington and the extension of the Tuskegee Machine's web of influence into the North.

Contents:

Introduction

Symbols and abbreviations

Documents, 1901-02.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-627) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-09865-X

OCLC:

926061082