Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee 1901-1915

The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington was published to wide acclaim and won the 1973 Bancroft Prize. This, the second volume, completes one of the most significant biographies of this generation.

Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time, and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a ruthless power borker whose nod or frown could determine the careers of blacks in politics, education, and business.

Harlan chronicles the challenge Washington faced from W.E.B. Du Bois and other blacks, and shows how growing opposition forced him to change his methods of leadership just before his death in 1915.
Also available: Volume 1, $10.95k, 501915-6, 394 pp., plates


Author: Louis R. Harlan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/04/1986
Pages: 562
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.60w x 1.39d
ISBN: 9780195042290

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