INDEX

Alabama Hall, 69–70.

Alabama Legislature, 45, 75.

Armstrong, Gen. S. C., accompanies Washington on tour, 70; founder of Hampton, 23–24; invites Washington as commencement speaker, 32, 77; sends Washington to Tuskegee, 45; sketch of, 22.

Atlanta Constitution, 81.

Atlanta Speech, 79–81.

Baldwin, William H. Jr., President of Board of Trustees, Tuskegee Institute, 73, 138.

Belgium, Washington’s visit to, 122.

Books, written by Washington, 108.

Buildings, first at Tuskegee, 50–51, 58.

Bulloch, Gov., of Ga., 81.

Business League, National Negro, 109.

Cabbages, an oration on, 96.

Cabin, description of a, 3.

Capital, campaign for removal, W. Va., 37.

Carnegie, Andrew, 71, 73, 111.

Carney, Sergeant William H., 85.

Chicago Peace Convention, 106.

“Chopping bee,” 52.

Coal mine, 12–13.

Coat, sale of, 28.

Commencement exercises at Tuskegee, 93–95.

Copenhagen, Washington’s visit to, 127.

Corner stone, first building at Tuskegee, 59–60.

Cotton States Exposition, 78.

Creelman, James, 79.

Davidson, Olivia, 49, 66.

Denmark, Washington’s visit to, 127.

Douglass, Frederick, 76, 82, 105.

Education of negro, effect of, 90–91; future of, 104; negro education after Civil War, 22; Washington’s idea of, 91–93, 98, 103.

Eliot, President C. W., 67.

“Emancipation Proclamation,” 8.

“Entitles,” 9.

Europe, Washington’s trips to, 119–128.

Extension work of Tuskegee, 100.

Farm, purchase of, 50–51.

“Festivals,” 54.

Freedmen’s Bureau, 90.

Gifts to Tuskegee, 54, 74–75.

Hales’ Ford, Washington’s birthplace, 3.

Hampton Institute, 15, 17, 20, 22–23, 26–27, 29–30, 32, 34.

Harvard University, 82.

Holland, Washington’s visit to, 122.

Howard, Captain, conductor on the W. and A. R. R., 139.

Howell, Clark, editor of Atlanta Constitution, 81.

Huntington, Collis P., 71.

Indians, at Hampton Institute, 41–42.

Jamestown, 1–2.

Jones, Judge George, 114.

“Learning with the Hands,” 108.

“Library,” Washington’s first, 17.

146Library, Carnegie, 72.

Lincoln, President, 7, 118.

London, Washington’s visit to, 124.

Mackie, Mary F., 24, 77.

McKinley, President, 106, 113.

Macon County, Ala., 46, 48, 90.

Madison, Wis., speech at, 77.

Malden, W. Va., 9–10, 12, 14, 17, 29, 34, 37, 126.

“Man Farthest Down,” 127.

Marriages, Washington’s, 65, 131–132.

Master of Arts degree, 82.

Morgan, S. Griffitts, 28.

Mother, Washington’s, 3, 10, 30.

Moton, R. R., successor to Washington, 139.

Murray, Margaret, 132.

“My Larger Education,” 108.

Name, Washington’s change of, 9.

National Council of Congregational Churches, 142.

Negro, 15, 18, 22, 37, 41, 56, 59–60, 77–78, 80, 82, 85, 106, 108–110, 126.

Negro Bar Association, 110.

Negro Business League, National, 109.

Negro Funeral Directors’ Association, 110.

Negro Press Association, 110.

New Haven, Conn., 142.

Newspapers, contributions to, 107.

Night school, 35, 43.

Paris, Washington’s visit to, 123.

Peabody Fund, 75.

“Plucky Class,” 43.

Politics, Washington’s interest in, 38.

Porter Hall, 62, 68.

“Quarters,” 3.

Rogers, H. H., 71, 91, 138.

Roosevelt, President, 113–115.

Rosenwald, Julius, 74.

Ruffner, General Lewis, 16.

Ruffner, Mrs., 16–17.

School, first, taught by Washington, 34.

Scott, Emmett J., 114.

Shaw, Robert Gould, 85.

Slater Fund, 75.

Smith, Fannie M., 65.

South, condition of, after the Civil War, 22.

Stanley, Sir Henry M., 124.

Story-teller, Washington as a, 84–85.

Students, first, at Tuskegee, 49–50.

Students’ work at Tuskegee, 61.

Taft, President, 115.

Tanner, Henry O., 123.

Tuskegee, town of, 46, 143.

Tuskegee Institute: beginnings of, 46–47; Carnegie Library at, 72; character of students of, 49–50; commencement exercises of, 93–94; extension work of, 100; first buildings of, 50–51; first year of, 54–55; growth of, 101; laying corner stone of, 59–60; negro conferences at, 110; opening of, 49.

“Up from Slavery,” 108.

Vessel, unloading, in Richmond, 19.

Virginia, 1, 14.

Washington, Booker T., Atlanta speech, 78–82; birth, 3; books by, 108; character of, vii-viii, 134; children of, 131; coal mine experiences, 12; commencement speaker, 32; contributor to press, 108; death of, 143; early life of, 4–6; education, his ideas of, 60–61, 91–93, 98, 103; “examination” at Hampton, 25; founds Tuskegee, 46–51; home life, 129–134; hotel waiter, employed as, 34; janitor, works as, 26–27, 29; journey to Hampton, 17–18; last illness of, 142; leader of race, 82, 105; league, organizer of, 109; life at Hampton, 27–30; 147marriages of, 65, 131–132; Master of Arts degree, 82; names himself, 11–12; orator, makes a reputation as, 70, 76, 82–86; personal appearance, 80; politics, takes an interest in, 112, 115–116; raising money, 67; service, his ideas of, 88–89; Shaw Monument speech, 85; story-teller, as a, 84–85; teacher at Hampton, 40, 44; teacher at Malden, 34; trips to Europe, 119–128; vacations, while a student, 29–30.

Washington, Booker T. Jr., 131.

Washington, Davidson, 131.

Washington, John, 5, 35.

Washington, Portia, 66.

Wayland Seminary, 36.

Wheeling, West Virginia, 37.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.

Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter.