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He would wake early in the morning to work in the furnace until 9 o’clock, and then—after school closed in the afternoon—return immediately to work for two more hours. However, Washington’s days at school, so long desired, were short-lived. He soon had to stop attending day-school in order to devote all of his daytime hours to work.
13 de set. de 2020 · More Than Anything Else and Booker T. Washington open up questions not only about Washington’s early life but also about his relevance for later generations of young readers. Among these are African American boys who suffer a disproportionate rate of disciplinary interventions that take them out of elementary- and secondary-school classrooms, and thus make school an alien space (Monroe 102).
Book Review Section: Africa and African World Writings: Young Booker, Booker T. Washington's Early Days Based on : Young Booker, Booker T. Washington's Early Days , by Bontemps Arna, Dodd & Mead, New York, 1972. 196 pp. illus. $6.95.
The most perplexing question was where to find a teacher. The young man from Ohio who had learned to read the papers was considered, but his age was against him. In the midst of the discussion about a teacher, another young coloured man from Ohio, who had been a soldier, in some way found his way into town.
Booker T. Washington’s mother was a cook at a small plantation in Virginia and, like most slaves, worked from sunup to sundown, seven days a week. Washington never met his father and did not even know his name. According to his autobiography, he also did not know the year or month that he was born.
Booker Taliaferro Washington, 1856 - 1915 Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Hales Ford, Virginia, near Roanoke. After the U.S. government freed all slaves in 1865, his family moved to Malden, West Virginia. There, Washington worked in coal mines and salt furnaces.
Young Booker: Booker T. Washington's Early Days. New York: Dodd, Mead. 1972. 196pp. W. Fitzhugh Brundage (editor). Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up from Slavery 100 Years Later. University Press of Florida. 2003. 227pp. W. Fitzhugh Brundage (editor). Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up from Slavery 100 Years Later.
