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Booker T. Washington's 'The Man Farthest Down' and the transformation of race.

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From: The Mississippi Quarterly
Date: 19950322
Author:Bruce, Dickson D., Jr.

Booker Washington sent on an European tour in 1910 which lasted for six weeks. The trip gave him a chance to witness the condition of European laborers and peasants. He used these observations as an enlightenment on the condition of African Americans. He published his observations in a series of articles entitled 'The Man Farthest Down' which was greatly criticized by his white counterparts. His work stood as a challenge to the racial structures during his time.

In the late summer and early fall of 1910, supported by the Trustees of his Tuskegee Institute, Booker Washington made a grand ...

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