Q. Describe Booker T. Washingtons struggle for an Education?

Booker T. Washington played an impartment role in American politics. He was a son of a slave who worked out his way out of the coal mine , to establish an educational institute. y !truggle for "ducation# is an e$tract from his autobiography. %t describes e$treme love towards education. &ne day young Washington was at work in a coal mine. He overheard two miners talking about the Hampton %nstitution. He heard that poor but worthy people could get educated there. Apart from education they we taught some trade or industry. As their discussion went on, The young Washington developed a great interest to go and 'oin the institution. But he was a poor coloured boy without being helped by others. Actually he had no idea at all where this intuition was. But he wanted to reach and 'oin it. !o, he remembered only that he was on fire constantly with one and only ambition, and that was to go to Hampton. This thought with him day and night. He continued to work with the coal(mine for a few months. Then he went to work in the household of rs. )uffner. !he was a sincere woman and demanded an honest work from the boys. *oung Washington could learn a lot when he was with r.)uffner. !he wanted perfect and clean work. He was a hard(worker and so with in no time he could win rs. )uffner+s hear. !he even permitted him to attend school for an hour or two a day during the winter. His desire towards getting educated made him to establish a small library there. !oon young Washington saw a good friend in rs. )uffner. But he never gave up the idea of going to Hampton %nstitute. *oung Washington could get halfhearted support from his mother but some old coloured people had wished him grand success. He was also given some money by his brother ,ohn, but it was not worthily enough. -inally, the great day came and he started to Hampton, though his mother was ill. At that time trains ran only a portion of the way and a reminder on had to travel by stage coaches. The distance was about .// iles. He didn+t have enough money, so he preferred night 'ourney since it was cheaper. &nce he had been traveling over the mountains most of the afternoon in a old fashioned stage coach. %t stopped for super in the late evening. All the passengers e$cept him were whites. He had to stay out only because of his colour. He managed to keep warm himself by walking. His whole soul was so bent upon reaching Hampton that he didn+t have time to cherish any bitterness towards the happenings. By walking, begging rides, in some way after a number of days, he reached the city of )ichmond, 0irginia. There he was tired and hungry. He was completely out of money. He walked streets passing food stalls. At last he was so e$hausted that he slept under the side walk. %n the morning he saw cargos being unloaded in a ship. He asked the captain to allow him to carry the things from the ship to buy some food. He worked hard to get his breakfast. The captain permitted him to work for some more days. Thus, he earned some money there. %n this way facing many odds, he could reach Hampton finally. This he could achieve only because he had strong desire.