The Story of My Life and Work: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of My Life and Work, credited to Booker T. Washington, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Story of My Life and Work by Booker T. Washington. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Valentina Vocelli; Andrew Kennedy; KevinS; Linda Johnson; BettyB The legacy of Booker T. Washington has inspired leaders for racial equality for over a century. He rose from a slave family to be adviser to presidents. As an educator founded the Tuskegee Institute and championed higher education to those who were denied such based on race. Booker T. Washington gives us this autobiography of his life and work. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of My Life and Work
• Author credits: Booker T. Washington
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 33
• Listed recording duration: 10:05:38

Catalogue topics

• slavery
• education
• American history
• african american
• william mckinley
• negro
• racial equality
• national negro business league

Opening tracks: first 24 of 33

1. 00 - Introduction — 4:40
2. 01 - Birth and Early Childhood — 12:20
3. 02 - Boyhood in West Virginia — 15:34
4. 03 - Life at Hampton Institute — 11:33
5. 04 - How the First Six Years after Graduation from Hampton Were Spent — 13:55
6. 05 - The Beginning of the Work at Tuskegee — 8:03
7. 06 - The First Year at Tuskegee — 10:29
8. 07 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part I — 16:18
9. 08 - The Struggles and Success of Workers at Tuskegee 1882 - 1884 Part II — 15:46
10. 09 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part I — 21:18
11. 10 - The History of Tuskegee from 1884 - 1894 - Part II — 22:14
12. 11 - Invited to Deliver Lecture at Fisk University — 17:21
13. 12 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part I — 16:38
14. 13 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part II — 16:40
15. 14 - The Speech at the Opening of the Cotton States' Exposition Part III — 21:04
16. 15 - An Appeal for Justice — 24:51
17. 16 - Honored by Harvard University — 26:10
18. 17 - Urged for a Cabinet Position — 13:14
19. 18 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention Part I — 19:47
20. 19 - The Shaw Monument Speech, the Visit of Secretary James Wilson, and the Letter to the Louisiana Convention Part II — 16:20
21. 20 - Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address — 27:23
22. 21 - The Visit of President William McKinley to Tuskegee — 26:18
23. 22 - The Tuskegee Negro Conference — 25:11
24. 23 - A Vacation in Europe Part I — 15:37

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