Preface
Joseph L. Bast
Introduction Lee H. Walker
Part 1
Is Booker T. Washington Relevant Today?
Booker T. Washington Was Right
Anne Wortham, Ph.D.
What Manner of People Are We?
Glenn C. Loury, Ph.D.
Sowing, Reaping, Owning
Rev. William “Bill” Winston
Part 2
The Man and the Legacy
A Problem of Respectability
Glenn C. Loury, Ph.D.
The Legacy of Tuskegee
Robert J. Norrell, Ph.D.
Tuskegee Principles for the Information Age
Marcus D. Pohlmann, Ph.D.
Practical Assistance
Christopher R. Reed, Ph.D.
Washington the Visionary
Rev. William “Bill” Winston
Part 3
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Adjustment to Society
John Sibley Butler, Ph.D.
Moses in the Wilderness
Rev. Hycel Taylor, Ph.D.
The Value of Entrepreneurship
Gary MacDougal
Generational Crossroads
Charles Horne, Ph.D.
Part 4
Toward a More Accurate History
Overstated Conflict
William B. Allen, Ph.D.
The Washington-DuBois Tension
Mark Bauerlein, Ph.D.
Washington and Rosenwald
Peter Ascoli, Ph.D.
Part 5
Left, Right, and Black
Parting with our Grievances
Ralph Conner
Need for a Wider Audience
Carol M. Swain, Ph.D.
Progress and Disappointments
William B. Allen, Ph.D.
Models of Success
Frank Harold Wilson, Ph.D.
Part 6
Self-Reliance and the Role of Government
The Need for Intellectual Diversity
Daryl Scott, Ph.D.
America and Opportunity
Peter W. Schramm, Ph.D.
Washington and Today's Black Community
Rev. Hycel Taylor, Ph.D.
Up, You Mighty Nation!
Minister Ishmael Muhammad
A National Apology for Slavery?
William B. Allen, Ph.D.
An Apology for Slavery
Carol M. Swain, Ph.D.
Speaker Biographies