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Uncle Tom

I wish that it would be mandatory reading, not just in the black community but all across...

I wish that it would be mandatory reading, not just in the black community but all across America, to read the autobiography of Booker T. Washington

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I wish that it would be mandatory reading,
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not just in the black community
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but all across America, to read the autobiography
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of Booker T. Washington.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:02
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
Here was a man that was born into slavery. - Uncle Tom 00:04
Here was a man that was born into slavery.
And when he learned that he was free, - Uncle Tom 00:10
And when he learned that he was free,
He walks from present day West Virginia - Uncle Tom 00:13
He walks from present day West Virginia
When he established Tuskegee Normal - Uncle Tom 00:09
When he established Tuskegee Normal
It was about people being able to take an education - Uncle Tom 00:10
It was about people being able to take an education
There was a schism between Booker T. Washington - Uncle Tom 00:05
There was a schism between Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington believed in the ability of someone - Uncle Tom 00:16
Booker T. Washington believed in the ability of someone
The W.E.B. Du Bois faction more so believed - Uncle Tom 00:10
The W.E.B. Du Bois faction more so believed
This is where you get the sellout, Uncle Tom - Uncle Tom 00:09
This is where you get the sellout, Uncle Tom
But when you think about, in the long run, - Uncle Tom 00:05
But when you think about, in the long run,
W.E.B. Du Bois was an avowed socialist, - Uncle Tom 00:09
W.E.B. Du Bois was an avowed socialist,
But the institution that Booker T. Washington established - Uncle Tom 00:06
But the institution that Booker T. Washington established
We need to go back and understand - Uncle Tom 00:09
We need to go back and understand
Much the same as his autobiography says, up from slavery. - Uncle Tom 00:06
Much the same as his autobiography says, up from slavery.
I had a college student ask me one time, - Uncle Tom 00:09
I had a college student ask me one time,
I didn't focus on that, I didn't have time. - Uncle Tom 00:05
I didn't focus on that, I didn't have time.
I went to the president of the Pillsbury company - Uncle Tom 00:13
I went to the president of the Pillsbury company
"You have to go and spend two weeks at Whopper College." - Uncle Tom 00:08
"You have to go and spend two weeks at Whopper...
The same day that I started, another white gentleman - Uncle Tom 00:06
The same day that I started, another white gentleman
So, the first 12 months, I got outstanding performance - Uncle Tom 00:08
So, the first 12 months, I got outstanding performance