Rise From Slavery is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington, an outstanding speaker and champion of black education. Born into slavery, at the cost of incredible efforts, enduring hunger and poverty, he not only received an education, but also won the respect of compatriots, both white and black, becoming the recognized national leader of that part of the American population that advocated a peaceful resolution of the racial problem. The book "Rise from Slavery" has been a bestseller for more than a century, in 1998 it took 3rd place in the list of 100 best non-fiction books of all time according to the editors of Modern Library.