Project Gutenberg 2024-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 174 Washington, Booker T. 1856 1915 Washington, Booker Taliaferro 11029623 My larger education : $b Being chapters from my experience $aNew York :$bDoubleday, Page & Company, $c1910, copyright 1911. Richard Tonsing, Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience" by Booker T. Washington is a collection of essays and reflections written in the early 20th century. This work delves into Washington's personal experiences and insights gained throughout his life as an educator and leader of the African American community, particularly during the post-Civil War era. The likely topic of the book centers around the challenges and opportunities that arose from his background as a former slave and how these shaped his educational philosophies and initiatives, especially in relation to the establishment of the Tuskegee Institute. At the start of the book, Washington reflects on the complexities of his identity and the challenges he faced due to his race and socioeconomic status. He discusses the idea that perceived disadvantages can actually serve as catalysts for growth and resilience. Washington shares lessons learned from his interactions with various people, underscoring the importance of learning directly from life experiences and human relationships rather than solely from books. He illustrates his educational journey and the foundational role that his early experiences, values, and interactions with influential figures played in shaping his approach to education and community uplift. The beginning underscores a philosophy of harnessing adversity as a means to propel personal and collective progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mylargereducatio00wash 20180314001334washington 1910 US Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 African Americans -- Biography Educators -- United States -- Biography E151 Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 481883 2025-07-29T08:56:12.630341 text/html 455424 2024-06-27T03:45:40 text/html 5027674 2025-07-29T08:56:21.274336 application/epub+zip 5023648 2025-07-29T08:56:15.198300 application/epub+zip 360655 2025-07-29T08:56:13.694333 application/epub+zip 5554120 2025-07-29T08:56:25.557276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5523827 2025-07-29T08:56:20.017276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430947 2025-07-29T08:56:11.744314 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 411000 2024-06-27T03:45:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16946 2025-07-29T08:56:25.716253 application/rdf+xml 13430 2025-07-29T08:56:14.054311 image/jpeg 1939 2025-07-29T08:56:13.872304 image/jpeg 5976385 2025-07-29T08:56:12.778446 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia