Asim, Jabari, 1962-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. –Amazon.com.

Subjects:

• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 — Childhood and youth — Juvenile literature.
• African Americans — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Educators — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Picture books for children.

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