That only through education could his race rise up from the burdens of slavery. He became a teacher, because he was convinced The age of 16, he walked over two hundred miles to attend school at the Hampton He wanted to go to school so badly that at In 1865, he had to help his poverty-stricken parents by working in the salt minesĪnd the coalmines of West Virginia. Mother was a slave and that made him the property of the same owner. Not only possible, but probable in spite of the ghost of the institution of slavery.Īlthough Booker himself was unsure of his birthĭate, it has been determined now that he was born on Apnear Hale’s The optimism and believes that whites and blacks living together in harmony is Overall, the mood is one of setbacks interspersed with optimism. That was more important than the finished product. He had to climb over before he reached his goal. Washington felt that a man’s character was built by how many walls
Success is measured by the obstacles we have to overcome to reach it and now what we have actually attained - The last theme involves the idea that success is measuredīy the obstacles we have to overcome to reach it and not what we have actuallyĪttained. To understand that he had the influence to reach as many people of both racesĪs possible to convince them how valuable a good relationship between them wouldīe to the growth of the individual, the community, and the nation. The Relationship Between the Races - The relationship between the races isĪ theme that naturally flows out of the idea of the net of slavery.
White race morally, and so no one escaped its terrible impact. Booker believed that slavery affected the Negroes, but affected the Slavery - The net of slavery is often thematically Rise up without being able to work a trade in their communities that was needed He believed that there was tremendous value in work and that his race would never The Dignity of Work - A second important theme is the dignity of work.īooker firmly believed that no education was complete without learning a trade. Like nearly everyone of his race, he soaked up learning like a sponge.
Booker emphasizes this idea throughout his autobiography,īecause as a slave, he had been denied the right to learn and once he was free, The Value of Education - The first and most important theme is the Many audiences of both races as he can reach. His education, his establishment of the Tuskegee Institute, and his fameĪs a speaker who presents the importance of good race relations to as This autobiography begins with Booker’s recollection of his birth inįranklin County, Virginia, in 1858 or 1859 and follows his progress through
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