Martin Puryear speaking at MoMA

Hard Copy Source; Up From Slavery By Booker T. Whashington

"I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia.  I am not quite sure the exactn place or exact date of my  birth, but at any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.  As nearly as I have been able to learn"                                              -Booker T. Whashington

When Booker T. wrote this he was trying to describe the type of oppression that he faced as a young child.  He was trying to show future generations what he went through as an African American.

Who is Booker T Whashington??

Booker T was a African American leader and educator, and founder of Tuskegee Institute.  Booker T was the head of the school between 1881 to 1915.  Booker T was considered to be the most influential black leader of his time

one sentence that summerizes The Ladder to Booker T. Whashington

The Ladder to Booker T. Whashington to me seems like at the bottom to be trapped in a world of darkness and enclosedment but towards the top is a silver lining, an escape route from the enclosment.