The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington was published to wide acclaim and won the 1973 Bancroft Prize. This, the second volume, completes one of the most significant biographies of this generation.Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time, and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a
ruthless power borker whose nod or frown could determine the careers of blacks in politics, education, and business.Harlan chronicles the challenge Washington faced from W.E.B. Du Bois
and other blacks, and shows how growing opposition forced him to change his methods of leadership just before his death in 1915.Also available: Volume 1, $10.95k, 501915-6, 394 pp., plates
- ISBN10 0195042298
- ISBN13 9780195042290
- Publish Date 19 February 1987 (first published 1 January 1986)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 562
- Language English