Introduction - Ishmael Reed
Author's Preface
I. A Slave Among Slaves
II. Boyhood Days
III. The Struggle for an Education
IV. Helping Others
V. The Reconstruction Period
VI. Black Race and Red Race
VII. Early Days at Tuskegee
VIII. Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House
IX. Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
X. A Harder Task than Making Bricks without Straw
XI. Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie on Them
XII. Raising Money
XIII. Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech
XIV. The Atlanta Exposition Address
XV. The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
XVI. Europe
XVII. Last Words

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