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<strong>Booker</strong> T. <strong>Washington</strong>, <strong>Builder</strong> of a Civilization. 8<br />

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.<br />

Sagamore Hill,<br />

August 28, 1916.<br />

Page xvii<br />

CONTENTS<br />

FOREWORD BY ROBERT R. MOTON . . . . . v<br />

AUTHORS' PREFACE . . . . . vii<br />

PREFACE BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT . . . . . ix<br />

I. THE MAN AND HIS SCHOOL IN THE MAKING . . . . . 3<br />

II. LEADER OF HIS RACE . . . . . 19<br />

III. WASHINGTON: THE EDUCATOR . . . . . 57<br />

IV. THE RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO . . . . . 82<br />

V. MEETING RACE PREJUDICE . . . . . 107<br />

VI. GETTING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE . . . . . 135<br />

VII. BOOKER WASHINGTON AND THE NEGRO FARMER . . . . . 164<br />

VIII. BOOKER WASHINGTON AND THE NEGRO BUSINESS MAN . .<br />

. . . 185<br />

IX. BOOKER WASHINGTON AMONG HIS STUDENTS . . . . . 222<br />

X. RAISING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS A YEAR . . . . . 248<br />

XI. MANAGING A GREAT INSTITUTION . . . . . 272<br />

XII. WASHINGTON: THE MAN . . . . . 300<br />

Page xix<br />

ILLUSTRATIONS<br />

<strong>Booker</strong> T. <strong>Washington</strong> . . . . . Frontispiece<br />

Tuskegee in the making. Nothing delighted Mr. <strong>Washington</strong> more than to<br />

see his students doing the actual work of erecting the Tuskegee Institute<br />

buildings . . . . . 12<br />

Tuskegee Institute students laying the foundation for one of the four Emery<br />

buildings . . . . . 14<br />

24.03.2006

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