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Booker T. Washington's message in Up from Slavery is_______________?

Correct answer: D. African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.Language Resources

  • A. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves.
  • B. African Americans should acculturate to mainstream White culture.
  • C. White institutions should reform to meet African American needs.
  • D. African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.Language Resources

Explanation

Washington's autobiography stresses self-help through education, work, discipline, and economic advancement rather than dependence on reparations or immediate institutional reform. His programme is associated especially with industrial and vocational education.

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