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  "To President William H. Taft with the highest appreciation of Booker T. Washington": First edition, association copy of The Story of the Negro; inscribed by Booker T. Washington to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft's presidency

  WASHINGTON, Booker T. [William Howard Taft].

  The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman.

  New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.

  First edition, association copy of Booker T. Washington's significant history of Americans of African descent, inscribed by him to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft's presidency. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece portrait of Booker T. Washington by George G. Rockwood. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of in the year of publication and first year of Taft's presidency in volume 1, "To President William H. Taft with the highest appreciation of Booker T. Washington Tuskegee, Alabama. Dec. 9, 1909." As president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Washington played a pivotal role in shaping the educational framework for African Americans, focusing on industrial and agricultural skills. Washington's influence extended beyond education into the political sphere, where he became a trusted advisor to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. His advisory role was instrumental in advocating for policies that promoted Black economic progress, though his philosophy of gradualism and accommodation toward racial inequality drew criticism from figures like W. E. B. Du Bois. Washington’s invitation to the Wh...

  Price: $40,000.00     Item Number: 149850

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