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The Booker T. Washington Papers Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The Booker T. Washington Papers books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The Booker T. Washington Papers series? Start with "Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 1: The Autobiographical Writings" (1972) and follow publication order through all 25 books.
The complete The Booker T. Washington Papers reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 1: The Autobiographical Writings
1972
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 2: 1860-89
1972
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 3: 1889-95
1974
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 4: 1895-98
1975
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 5: 1899-1900
1977
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 6: 1901-2
1977
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 7: 1903-4
1977
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 8: 1904-6
1979
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 9: 1906-8
1980
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 10: 1909-11
1981
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 11: 1911-12
1981
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 12: 1912-14
1983
Booker T. Washington Papers, Volume 13: 1914-15
1984
Great Speeches by African Americans
2006
The Civil Rights Reader
2009
Race and the American Idea: 155 Years of Writings From The Atlantic
2015
Unchained
2017
Once Upon a Slave
2017
Unmasking the Silence
2017
The Faces Behind the Chains
2018
Slave Narratives Mega Collection
2021
The Runaways
2023
Born in Chains - Collected Slave Narratives
2023
The Most Powerful Voices
2023
Slavery Exposed
2023
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