A boys' life of Booker T. Washington

by Walter Clinton Jackson

A few more minutes, and he saw the familiar and much loved scenes of his own Tuskegee.

He had won!

But his victory was a short one. For when the sun came up on the next morning, the fourteenth day of November, 1915, Booker Washington was dead.

INDEX

• Alabama Hall, [69]–70.
• Alabama Legislature, [45], [75].
• Armstrong, Gen. S. C., accompanies Washington on tour, [70];
  • founder of Hampton, [23]–24;
  • invites Washington as commencement speaker, [32], [77];
  • sends Washington to Tuskegee, [45];
  • sketch of, [22].
• Atlanta Constitution, [81].
• Atlanta Speech, [79]–81.
• Baldwin, William H. Jr., President of Board of Trustees, Tuskegee Institute, [73], [138].
• Belgium, Washington’s visit to, [122].
• Books, written by Washington, [108].
• Buildings, first at Tuskegee, [50]–51, [58].
• Bulloch, Gov., of Ga., [81].
• Business League, National Negro, [109].
• Cabbages, an oration on, [96].
• Cabin, description of a, [3].
• Capital, campaign for removal, W. Va., [37].
• Carnegie, Andrew, [71], [73], [111].
• Carney, Sergeant William H., [85].
• Chicago Peace Convention, [106].
• “Chopping bee,” [52].
• Coal mine, [12]–13.
• Coat, sale of, [28].
• Commencement exercises at Tuskegee, [93]–95.
• Copenhagen, Washington’s visit to, [127].
• Corner stone, first building at Tuskegee, [59]–60.
• Cotton States Exposition, [78].
• Creelman, James, [79].
• Davidson, Olivia, [49], [66].
• Denmark, Washington’s visit to, [127].
• Douglass, Frederick, [76], [82], [105].
• Education of negro, effect of, [90]–91;
  • future of, [104];
  • negro education after Civil War, [22];
  • Washington’s idea of, [91]–93, [98], [103].
• Eliot, President C. W., [67].
• “Emancipation Proclamation,” [8].
• “Entitles,” [9].
• Europe, Washington’s trips to, [119]–128.
• Extension work of Tuskegee, [100].
• Farm, purchase of, [50]–51.
• “Festivals,” [54].
• Freedmen’s Bureau, [90].
• Gifts to Tuskegee, [54], [74]–75.
• Hales’ Ford, Washington’s birthplace, [3].
• Hampton Institute, [15], [17], [20], [22]–23, [26]–27, [29]–30, [32], [34].
• Harvard University, [82].
• Holland, Washington’s visit to, [122].
• Howard, Captain, conductor on the W. and A. R. R., [139].
• Howell, Clark, editor of Atlanta Constitution, [81].
• Huntington, Collis P., [71].
• Indians, at Hampton Institute, [41]–42.
• Jamestown, [1]–2.
• Jones, Judge George, [114].
• “Learning with the Hands,” [108].
• “Library,” Washington’s first, [17].
• Library, Carnegie, [72].
• Lincoln, President, [7], [118].
• London, Washington’s visit to, [124].
• Mackie, Mary F., [24], [77].
• McKinley, President, [106], [113].
• Macon County, Ala., [46], [48], [90].
• Madison, Wis., speech at, [77].
• Malden, W. Va., [9]–10, [12], [14], [17], [29], [34], [37], [126].
• “Man Farthest Down,” [127].
• Marriages, Washington’s, [65], [131]–132.
• Master of Arts degree, [82].
• Morgan, S. Griffitts, [28].
• Mother, Washington’s, [3], [10], [30].
• Moton, R. R., successor to Washington, [139].
• Murray, Margaret, [132].
• “My Larger Education,” [108].
• Name, Washington’s change of, [9].
• National Council of Congregational Churches, [142].
• Negro, [15], [18], [22], [37], [41], [56], [59]–60, [77]–78, [80], [82], [85], [106], [108]–110, [126].
• Negro Bar Association, [110].
• Negro Business League, National, [109].
• Negro Funeral Directors’ Association, [110].
• Negro Press Association, [110].
• New Haven, Conn., [142].
• Newspapers, contributions to, [107].
• Night school, [35], [43].
• Paris, Washington’s visit to, [123].
• Peabody Fund, [75].
• “Plucky Class,” [43].
• Politics, Washington’s interest in, [38].
• Porter Hall, [62], [68].
• “Quarters,” [3].
• Rogers, H. H., [71], [91], [138].
• Roosevelt, President, [113]–115.
• Rosenwald, Julius, [74].
• Ruffner, General Lewis, [16].
• Ruffner, Mrs., [16]–17.
• School, first, taught by Washington, [34].
• Scott, Emmett J., [114].
• Shaw, Robert Gould, [85].
• Slater Fund, [75].
• Smith, Fannie M., [65].
• South, condition of, after the Civil War, [22].
• Stanley, Sir Henry M., [124].
• Story-teller, Washington as a, [84]–85.
• Students, first, at Tuskegee, [49]–50.
• Students’ work at Tuskegee, [61].
• Taft, President, [115].
• Tanner, Henry O., [123].
• Tuskegee, town of, [46], [143].
• Tuskegee Institute: beginnings of, [46]–47;
  • Carnegie Library at, [72];
  • character of students of, [49]–50;
  • commencement exercises of, [93]–94;
  • extension work of, [100];
  • first buildings of, [50]–51;
  • first year of, [54]–55;
  • growth of, [101];
  • laying corner stone of, [59]–60;
  • negro conferences at, [110];
  • opening of, [49].
• “Up from Slavery,” [108].
• Vessel, unloading, in Richmond, [19].
• Virginia, [1], [14].
• Washington, Booker T., Atlanta speech, [78]–82;
  • birth, [3];
  • books by, [108];
  • character of, [vii]-viii, [134];
  • children of, [131];
  • coal mine experiences, [12];
  • commencement speaker, [32];
  • contributor to press, [108];
  • death of, [143];
  • early life of, [4]–6;
  • education, his ideas of, [60]–61, [91]–93, [98], [103];
  • “examination” at Hampton, [25];
  • founds Tuskegee, [46]–51;
  • home life, [129]–134;
  • hotel waiter, employed as, [34];
  • janitor, works as, [26]–27, [29];
  • journey to Hampton, [17]–18;
  • last illness of, [142];
  • leader of race, [82], [105];
  • league, organizer of, [109];
  • life at Hampton, [27]–30;
  • marriages of, [65], [131]–132;
  • Master of Arts degree, [82];
  • names himself, [11]–12;
  • orator, makes a reputation as, [70], [76], [82]–86;
  • personal appearance, [80];
  • politics, takes an interest in, [112], [115]–116;
  • raising money, [67];
  • service, his ideas of, [88]–89;
  • Shaw Monument speech, [85];
  • story-teller, as a, [84]–85;
  • teacher at Hampton, [40], [44];
  • teacher at Malden, [34];
  • trips to Europe, [119]–128;
  • vacations, while a student, [29]–30.
• Washington, Booker T. Jr., [131].
• Washington, Davidson, [131].
• Washington, John, [5], [35].
• Washington, Portia, [66].
• Wayland Seminary, [36].
• Wheeling, West Virginia, [37].

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[1]. “Up from Slavery,” by Booker T. Washington, p. 9.

[2]. “Up from Slavery,” by Booker T. Washington, pp. 6–7.

[3]. “Up from Slavery,” by Booker T. Washington, pp. 34–35.

[4]. “Up from Slavery,” by Booker T. Washington, p. 37.