Character Building

By: Booker T. Washington

Narrated by: Rodney Louis Tompkins

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States. Washington came from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants.

Character Building (1902) is a collection of talks on self-development given to students and faculty at the Tuskegee Institute, of which he was leader. The author stresses the importance of developing oneself for life-long success. He cultivated the highest moral standards in his students, and these speeches represent the core of his teaching.

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Building Character Today

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It served as a great reminder of so much that is missing in multiple generations today. Living in a world where people don’t read much, much can be gleaned from these short insightful chapters. Building character is a process not a destination.