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Автор: Booker T.Washington
Год: 2010
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 150
ISBN: 9781935785613
Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author, orator and political leader. Born into slavery to a white father and slave mother Washington representative of the last generation of black leaders born in slavery. After emancipation, he worked in a variety of manual labor jobs making his way to Hampton Roads education. He worked his way through Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and attended college at Wayland Seminary. After returning to Hampton as a teacher, in 1881 he was named as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Building Character is a collection of thirty-seven addresses Washington gave before students, faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute. These addresses include timeless advice on subjects such as; Helping Others, The Virtue of Simplicity, Keeping Your Word, Getting Down To Mother Earth, The Cultivation of Stable Habits, and more. In 1896 Washington was granted an honorary master's degree from Harvard University for his...
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