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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3)

Read by Andrew Kennedy

Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…

Putting the Most Into Life

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Booker T. Washington

The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

Oak and Ivy

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…

The Death of Lincoln

In Short Poetry Collection 208

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William Cullen Bryant

This is a collection of 67 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2020.

Jenny Kissed Me

In Short Poetry Collection 207

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Leigh Hunt

This is a collection of 70 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2020.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

In The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley

Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literat…

Boyhood in West Virginia

In The Story of My Life and Work

Read by Andrew Kennedy

Booker T. Washington

The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser t…