Working with the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up from Slavery", Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• List of Illustrations ix
• Chapter I - Moral Values of Hand Work 3
• Chapter II - Training for Conditions 15
• Chapter III - A Battle Against Prejudice 31
• Chapter IV - Making Education Pay Its Way 43
• Chapter. V - Building Up a System 55
• Chapter VI - Welding Theory and Practice 67
• Chapter VII - Head and Hands Together 82
• Chapter VIII - Lessons in Home-Making 98
• Chapter IX - Outdoor Work for Women 107
• Chapter X - Helping the Mothers 119
• Chapter XI - The Tillers of the Ground 135
• Chapter XII - Pleasure and Profit of Work in the Soil 151

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• List of Illustrations ix
• Chapter I - Moral Values of Hand Work 3
• Chapter II - Training for Conditions 15
• Chapter III - A Battle Against Prejudice 31
• Chapter IV - Making Education Pay Its Way 43
• Chapter. V - Building Up a System 55
• Chapter VI - Welding Theory and Practice 67
• Chapter VII - Head and Hands Together 82
• Chapter VIII - Lessons in Home-Making 98
• Chapter IX - Outdoor Work for Women 107
• Chapter X - Helping the Mothers 119
• Chapter XI - The Tillers of the Ground 135
• Chapter XII - Pleasure and Profit of Work in the Soil 151
• Chapter XIII - On the Experimental Farm 163
• Chapter XIV - The Eagerness for Learning 173
• Chater XV - The Value of Small Things 181
• Chapter XVI - Religious Influences at Tuskegee 192
• Chapter XVII - Some Tangible Results 200
• Chapter XVIII - Spreading the Tuskegee Spirit 219
• Chapter XIX - Negro Education Not a Failure 231