Up from Slavery, Chapter 2, Boyhood Days, Booker T. Washington, I recall that I had an intense longing to learn to read,  If I accomplished nothing else in life, I would in some way get enough education to enable me to read common books and newspapers

6 Apr 2018admin

Up from Slavery, Chapter 1, A slave among slaves, Booker T. Washington,  I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia 1858 or 1859, My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings

5 Apr 2018admin

My British Lord friend knew Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, Coffee shop acquaintance became friend, My anglophile tendencies led to revelation, Just discovered I have almost 75 percent British ancestry

29 Apr 2018admin