"Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true"- -Amazon.com
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Biography, Oppression & Resilience
Content: Diverse Family, Economic Struggle, Skin Tone and Color
Settings: Northern America, United States of America, Virginia, West Virginia
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Boy/Man
Race/Culture: Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race
Character Prominence: Dominant Main