Bibliography
DU BOIS, W. E. B. Souls of Black Folk (1903 and later editions). Poetic history of the Reconstruction era by Washington’s chief critic. (Full view on Google Books)
GILMORE, GLENDA ELIZABETH. Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920 (1996). Suggests that women were more open than men to allowing African Americans to vote.
HARLAN, LOUIS R. Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856–1901 (1972). Fine biography revealing complexity of Washington and his times.
———. Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901–1915 (1983). Extensive account of Washington’s Tuskegee years.
LITWACK, LEON F. Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery (1979). Sensitive recreation of the experience of southern blacks and whites in the first years of freedom.
RICHARDSON, HEATHER COX. West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War (2008).Provides a broad view of Reconstruction, arguing that the years after the Civil War inaugurated patterns in American political life that are still influential today.
ROSE, WILLIE LEE. Rehearsal for Reconstruction (1964). Describes northern efforts to provide a model at Port Royal for the economic and educational progress of ex-slaves.
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Up from Slavery (1901 and later editions). Autobiographical account of Washington’s life to the time of the Atlanta Exposition address. (Full view on Google Books)
WEST, MICHAEL RUDOLPH. The Education of Booker T. Washington: American Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations (2005). West explores Washington’s effort to seek racial progress within the framework of segregation.
DU BOIS, W. E. B. Souls of Black Folk (1903 and later editions). Poetic history of the Reconstruction era by Washington’s chief critic. (Full view on Google Books)
GILMORE, GLENDA ELIZABETH. Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896–1920 (1996). Suggests that women were more open than men to allowing African Americans to vote.
HARLAN, LOUIS R. Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856–1901 (1972). Fine biography revealing complexity of Washington and his times.
———. Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901–1915 (1983). Extensive account of Washington’s Tuskegee years.
LITWACK, LEON F. Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery (1979). Sensitive recreation of the experience of southern blacks and whites in the first years of freedom.
RICHARDSON, HEATHER COX. West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War (2008).Provides a broad view of Reconstruction, arguing that the years after the Civil War inaugurated patterns in American political life that are still influential today.
ROSE, WILLIE LEE. Rehearsal for Reconstruction (1964). Describes northern efforts to provide a model at Port Royal for the economic and educational progress of ex-slaves.
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Up from Slavery (1901 and later editions). Autobiographical account of Washington’s life to the time of the Atlanta Exposition address. (Full view on Google Books)
WEST, MICHAEL RUDOLPH. The Education of Booker T. Washington: American Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations (2005). West explores Washington’s effort to seek racial progress within the framework of segregation.