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🗓️ 23 February 2021
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Booker T. Washington's life story has impacted me so deeply. I can honestly say, this is one of those books that has changed me. I have the utmost respect for this man, what he did to lift himself and thousands of others out of the awful repercussions of slavery, and to bring unity to white and black communities just years after slavery was abolished, was nothing short of heroic.
He was born a slave. He didn't know who his father was. He didn't even know his birthday.
His deep hunger for education drove him to take some massive risks and endure some incredibly difficult circumstances. But his tenacity and perseverance and hard work carved a path to create such an incredible life and legacy, which I'm going to talk more about today. I hope you'll listen in to his inspiring story, my top three takeaways, and I really, really hope that you're going to pick up this book.
Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington’s Autobiography
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0:00.0 | Booker T. Washington's life story has impacted me so deeply. I can honestly say this is one of those |
0:07.1 | books that has changed me. I have the utmost respect for this man. What he did to lift himself |
0:16.6 | and thousands of others out of the awful repercussions of slavery and to bring unity to white and |
0:23.6 | black communities just years after slavery was abolished was nothing short of heroic. |
0:30.0 | He was born a slave. He didn't know who his father was. He didn't even know his birthday. |
0:36.2 | His deep hunger for education drove him to take some massive |
0:41.2 | risks and endure some incredibly difficult circumstances. But his tenacity and perseverance and hard |
0:47.3 | work carved a path to create such an incredible life and legacy, which I'm going to talk more about |
0:54.0 | today. I hope you'll listen |
0:56.1 | in to his inspiring story, my top three takeaways, and I really, really hope that you're |
1:02.1 | going to pick up this book and read it. |
1:09.2 | You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 103. |
1:13.9 | Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play. |
1:19.0 | Simply put, that is where our life and our legacy take place. |
1:22.7 | This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling |
1:28.4 | life. Listen it. |
1:35.7 | So if you're not familiar with it, I have the Nancy Ray Book Club where once a month I share a summary |
1:40.6 | of a book that I believe is worth reading and my top three takeaways from that book. |
1:46.3 | Whether or not you're part of the Nancy Book Club and reading along, or if you just like to listen to my recaps, |
1:52.7 | I would just like to say, these book episodes are some of my favorite ones to do. |
1:57.7 | I haven't always been a reader, but I have grown to appreciate that books |
2:03.1 | represent a person's greatest life work or life experiences, their best ideas and life lessons. |
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