Up From Slavery Book ReportThis book was about Booker T Washington who was a slave on a plantation in Virginia until he was nine years old. His autobiography offers readers a glimpse into his life as a young child. Simple pleasures, like eating with a fork, sleeping in a bed, and wearing comfortable clothes, were not available to Washington and his family. His brief glimpses into a school were enough to make him want the chance to study and learn. Readers will appreciate the direct and strong voice that Washington uses to tell his story. The book documents his childhood as a slave and his efforts to obtain an education, and he directly attributes his later success as a man of action in his community and the nation to his education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher and describes his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It tells the story of Tuskegee's growth from classes held in a slum to a campus with many new buildings. In Washington's final chapters, he describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist. Washington includes the speech he gave at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895, which made him a national figure. He concludes his autobiography by reporting on several honors he received for his work, including an honorary degree from Harvard and two important visits to Tuskegee, one from President McKinley and the other from General Samuel C. Armstrong. During his lifetime, Booker T. Washington was a national leader for the welfare of African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South. He advocated for economic and industrial improvement for blacks while accommodating whites on voting rights and social equality..