Booker T. Washington - Up From Slavery | Read by Ossie Davis (1976)

I'm a 60 year-old white American guy living in China teaching English. I don't even remember how I got to this page. However, when I saw this I felt like I simply had to listen to it. I was a history teacher in the USA and every year taught a little about Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee yet never read this book. I regret that now. What an inspirational story.

When I was growing up in Mississippi, I am now 61, my Mama and Daddy always told us about Booker T. Washington. UP FROM SLAVERY was required reading in my house. My MAMA made us READ all the TIME and we WERE constantly taught about GREAT BLACK ANCESTORS…..❤️

The late great Ossie Davis's reading is fantastic. His voice is clear. The tone beautiful. RIP

They don't teach you about Booker T. Washington in public schools anymore, for anyone who forgot about his history I recommend this audio book to refresh your memory. This story is an example of what a man can do when society doubts your success. Reelback, you are truly genuine and seem to care about the importance of black history, so for that I have subscribed to you. You're a real one

My son and I have been listening to this on his way too and from daycare. It's never too early!

It's a shame this recording skips over the chapter, "Helping Others." It's a significant chapter that discusses his Christian faith; his mother's death; how the coal mine strikes actually hurt people more than helped them; how being a janitor at his college taught him the dignity of hard labor; and how after graduation he was completely broke, but returned to his home town and became a prolific figure, teaching black children during the day & running a school at night for older black people; starting a reading room & debate society; and teaching two Sunday schools ...the list goes on and on. Just a remarkable life.

Required reading at Tuskegee University freshman orientation 👍🏾 much love to Booker T for lifting the veil for so many 💯

I am immensely proud of our Ancestors, who rose from the ashes of colonial & enslaving oppression, to become scholars, politicians, historians, entrepreneurs, leaders, etc. May we continue. Thx for the upload.❤🖤💚✊🏿👊🏿

It doesn't ñot matter where or how your born, if creator God has put his purpose in you, he will see it through, regardless of how many obstacles we face!!!!! 👍👍Booker T. Washington your message and memory lives on!!!❣️👏🌍🌍🌍🌍

I am particularly struck by the story of the cap @42:02. The lesson that my mother taught was that she had the strength of character enough, not to led into the temptation of seeming to be that which she is not. Of trying to impress my schoolmates and others with the fact that she was able to but me a store hat when she was not. I always felt proud that she refused to go into debt for that which she did not have the money to pay for.

I can feel the excitement through the reading that Mr. Booker T. Washington felt as a child to learn. This led him to begin the Tuskegee Institute. Wonderful.

I have renewed my motivation in business after listening to this audio book. Thank you Mr. Booker T. Washington! You were one of the greatest black educators in our short history of freedom in the USA.

I am sitting here crying, I can only imagine the pain and horror that they went through and I have no words my heart is hurting

Our teachers played these records for us on vinyl when I was a young elementary school girl: as students, we took all the copious notes our little fingers could, wrote reports, gave class speeches, and were tested on these great figures of history: in inner city schools it was important not only to learn history then, but specifically black history, to give students a sense of roots, sacrifice, and inspiration to strive. To my teachers, Mrs. Williams & Miss Grant who have passed on: the time and work you put into us to teach us about where we came from and the possibilities of where we could go were so important to the foundation of our youth and who we could become. Your work, like that of our friend Mr. Rellblack here, 😊 is greatly appreciated.

This inspirational man has, like many others, left me extremely humbled. There were no defamation allegations, no hatred or bitterness and no self pity. Just a pure drive to learn and give to his people everything he fought hard to achieve for himself as a youth. A truly magnificent man.

When I start my school this recording must be listened by all of my students

Living conditions was terrible. I feel so deeply sorry for our ancestors and what they went thru. America was built on slavery of the nergo race no other races went thru what we went thru. It's beautiful to be black 🙌

8 minutes in and I'm astonished at the life and times of Booker T. Washington. Im provoked to take action as a result of this and stand up and achieve. Thanks again for this... Im Speechless!!

His tone makes us uncomfortable in this day and age, but he not only struggled with extraordinary courage to better himself, but he spent his entire life working to create a better life for all black people. Easy for us to judge him from the perspective of 100 years later.

And they want us to forget this...NEVER forget.