Question

Write one paragraph that summarizes Booker T. Washington’s views on segregation. Be sure to use details from the Up from Slavery excerpt to support your answer.

Answer 1

Segregation damages whites and African Americans.

Discrimination does more lasting damage to whites than to African Americans.

Segregation can be overcome if African Americans work hard.

African Americans need trust and responsibility from their leaders.

Racial hatred damages people’s souls.

Answer 2

Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery" (1901) is a very important book on segregation. Through the book –his autobiography- Washington accoladed virtues like patience and thrift in those years of slavery. In his story, Washington defined the course of African American life in those dark moments.

Up From Slavery tells the story of how Washington surmount his life as a slave to to a Professor. The book narrates vivid passages like his 500-mile walk from the West Virginia coal mines to the Virginia coast, just to go to school.