Working With the Hands : Being a Sequel to "Up from Slavery," Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Contributor:

Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Working With the Hands" by Booker T. Washington is a motivational work that emphasizes the importance of industrial training and manual labor, written in the early 20th century. The text primarily serves as a sequel to Washington's earlier autobiography, "Up from Slavery," showcasing his experiences and philosophies related to education and labor at the Tuskegee Institute. The book advocates for a balanced education that combines practical skills with moral and intellectual growth, targeting not just the academic development but also the empowerment of individuals through hands-on work. The opening of the book presents Washington's reflections on the dignity of manual labor and its role in education, drawing from his own life experiences as a young boy and later as an educator. He recalls his early days after emancipation, highlighting the societal notions that equated education with a dismissal of physical work. Washington shares anecdotes, such as his experience living with a demanding employer who taught him the values of discipline and hard work. He emphasizes that true education should link mental and manual skills, ultimately aiming to uplift the African American community through practical training while fostering a sense of self-respect and personal achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Moral values of hand work

Training for conditions

A battle against prejudice

Making education pay its way

Building up a system

Welding theory and practice

Head and hands together

Lessons in home-making

Outdoor work for women

Helping the mothers

The tillers of the ground

Pleasure and profit of work in the soil

On the experimental farm

The eagerness for learning

The value of small things

Religious influences at Tuskegee

Some tangible results

Spreading the Tuskegee spirit

Negro education not a failure.

Credits:

Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_with_the_Hands

Release date is 2021-02-08