{"product_id":"2940013140899","title":"Up From Slavery : An Autobiography","description":"\"Up From Slavery\" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students, and the futility of teaching only intellectual, classical subjects as later espoused by W. E. B. Du Bois and others. An excellent book with a timeless message of how effort can overcome tremendous obstacles.","brand":"Seven Treasures Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082184016112,"sku":"2940013140899","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013140899_p0.jpg?v=1763577577","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013140899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}